LulzSec members were considered righteous vigilantes by some sectors of the Internet , which were carried out in response to Sony's . However, after the group . Perhaps surprisingly, in the statement the group attempts to distance itself from these attacks, pointing out they were done "by the request of callers , not by our own choice".

And not everything the group has done has appeared malicious. Although it , it declined to cause damage or publish details, instead warning admins that the system was insecure.

The group denies it's locked in a hacker war with similar group Anonymous. This had been suggested after LulzSec targeted the 4Chan website with a denial of service attack following attempts by 4Chan users to expose members of LulzSec.

The full statement from LulzSec can be .