LulzSec: We won't publish News International emails. The Lulzsec hacking group, which this week claimed to have obtained 4GB of emails taken from the Sun's servers, has decided not to publish them for fear of jeopardising ongoing legal actions in the UK and US.
However, an expert in email security procedures has warned the Guardian that the hack itself could undermine ongoing legal cases. In a tweet sent from the @anonymousIRC account, which has 124,000 followers, a spokesman for the group said: "We think, actually we may not release emails from the Sun, simply because it may compromise the court case. " This may not be enough to prevent News Corporation, parent company of Sun publisher News International, challenging the admissibility of email evidence in future court cases, according to one information security professional.
"Post-Enron, new US laws were passed requiring all corporations to keep immutable email archives for legal compliance purposes. Twitter. LulzSec claims to have News International emails. LulzSec claimes that it hacked the Sun website.
Photograph: Yui Mok/PA One of the members of the LulzSec hacking group has claimed on Twitter that the group has got 4GB of emails taken from the Sun and the "royal family" which may be released as soon as lunchtime on Thursday. AnonymouSabu: We are working on: 4GB of...