A hacker believed to be involved in high-profile cyberattacks on major websites including those of the CIA, the U.S. Senate, PBS, the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency and Sony was arrested outside London Tuesday. After the arrest, 19-year-old Ryan Cleary was identified by authorities as a major player in the attacks, acting as a top-level member of the hacking organization LulzSec, the group believed to be behind these and other major online security breaches. Tweets from LulzSec, however, assert that’s hardly the case.
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Can Lulz Be Lassoed?
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani June 22, 2011 11:02 AMA hacker believed to be involved in high-profile cyberattacks on major websites including those of the CIA, the U.S. Senate, PBS, the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency and Sony was arrested outside London Tuesday. After the arrest, 19-year-old Ryan Cleary was identified by authorities as a major player in the attacks, acting as a top-level member of the hacking organization LulzSec, the group believed to be behind these and other major online security breaches. Tweets from LulzSec, however, assert that’s hardly the case.