First the was Anonymous, then Lulzsec. Sometimes antogonistic, occasionally aligned, but philisophically similar both made ansgt turned hacktivism something that couldn't be ignored. In operation AntiSec the lulz turned to panic by the large governments and corporations that were exposed. There's the thing - they were only exposed and not exploited. None the less the LOEs still came and extracted their price. Maybe it was showing off by people that might have deserved the consequences, or maybe it was the wake up call we all needed, but it definitely was Lulzsec.