LulzSec, the group of rogue hackers who are dominating the news with their antics have set their sights on stealing classified information from governments, banks and other high-ranking establishments.

LulzSec is now teaming up with the Anonymous hacker activist group to escalate the cyber attacks.

"Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation," LulzSec said in a statement in its website. "Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood."

The hackers have been running rampant the last few weeks with high-profile attacks on Sony Corp, the CIA, News Corps, Fox TV and other targets. The attacks have mainly resulted in temporary disruptions of some websites and the release of user information. The attacks have mainly been to embarrass the security of the companies and LulzSec has tweeted about its antics as primarily to warn people that their personal information is not safe with these companies.

This new campaign could be a departure from a group that has mostly wreaked mayhem for the fun of it. "You find it funny to watch havoc unfold, and we find it funny to cause it," LulzSec said in a statement posted on its website, www.lulzsecurity.com. "We release personal data so that equally evil people can entertain us with what they do with it."

So far the group has resisted efforts to profit from the hacks lending the group an rebellious air that has entertained audiences eager to find out what the group would do next. The group asks its twitter followers for suggestions on whom to hack next and has a phone hotline in Europe and the US for phone-in suggestions.

The new alliance between Anonymous and LulzSec could be a more serious problem for governments and other high-profile targets. The first target of the two hacking groups seems to be the website of Serious Organized Crime Agency in the United Kingdom.

"Tango down - http://t.co/JhcjgO9 - in the name of #AntiSec," the group tweeted. The site was up and running again by midday.

"Oldschool Internet is back. Anarchy is now - spread "AntiSec" whenever and wherever you can. Is saying 'hackers unite' too cheesy? :D" LulzSec added in another tweet.