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How LulzSec kept itself safe during the summer of 'lulz'

The infamous hackers sought protection from online security service CloudFlare. The company's boss, Matthew Prince, reveals why

By Jacob Aron

7 March 2012

When did you realise that hacker group LulzSec was using your online security service CloudFlare?
The process of signing up for is self-service – 1500 new websites sign up almost every day – so we had no idea in June 2011 when a website called signed up. Within 24 hours they had published information about their alleged and we quickly became aware of who they were.

What was your reaction?
Internally, we had a debate about the right thing to do. It’s important to note that because of the way CloudFlare works, no hacking…

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