Did LulzSec hack the NCI? -- FCW

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I’m willing to be convinced that nothing happened, but I’d have to see the evidence.”</p> <p>Titus said the National Cancer Institute is not a customer of his business, but noted that he felt compelled to analyze the alleged hack because of its high-profile and the “deplorability” of hacking an entity that assists in cancer research.</p> <p>“At the very least, it is deplorable that anyone would even claim to attack Cancer.gov, of all places,” Titus said. </p> <p>The text prefacing the data dump contains the acronym “OMG,” the Twitter hash-tag #LULZ and the phrase, “CANCER.GOV BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU GOVERNMENT.”</p> <p>OMG stands for the phrase “Oh My God,” and LULZ is Internet vernacular often used to describe finding humor at the expense of others. </p> <p>   <div class="aboutAuthor"> <p id="ctl27_AuthorInfo_AboutAuthor" class="author">About the Author</p> <p> <strong></strong> Frank Konkel is a reporter for FCW. 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