• Lulzsec "leader" arrested In the U.K. kid is 19 years old.
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[h2]Disclaimer: not leader, just runs IRC. sorry about that. [/h2] [url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/21/137329052/after-u-k-arrest-hacker-group-lulzsec-responds-with-bravado[/url] [quote]Today, British police said they arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with distributed denial of service attacks on, among other sites, the U.S. Senate and the CIA. Police said Ryan Clearly was linked to the hacker activist group LulzSec. The Guardian reports: Investigators believe the arrest is significant and linked to the attacks based mainly at websites belonging to US institutions and organisations. The operation involved two British forces as well as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The police said they believed the attacks were linked and were carried out by the same group of hackers. LulzSec is a group that operates in much the same way as its better known cousin Anonymous, which has been in the news lately because of its connection to the Sony Playstation hack that exposed the personal information of its customers. LulzSec has come into the scene recently. Here's Wired with some history: LulzSec won overnight attention when it cracked PBS last month to protest Frontline's hour-long documentary on WikiLeaks. In that hack, the group stole and posted thousands of stolen passwords, and put up a fake news story on a PBS Newshour blog. The group has also claimed responsibility for hacking multiple Sony websites, and Fox.com, where the group stole and posted 363 employee passwords and the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of 73,000 people who had signed up for audition information for the upcoming Fox talent show The X-Factor. More recent hacks have included defacement of two regional websites for InfraGard — a kind of cybersecurity neighborhood watch sponsored by the FBI — and crude DDoS attacks against the CIA and other lulzkillers. On June 19, LulzSec announced Operation Anti-Security, an all-out rebellion against all governments: Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation. 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. After British police announced the arrest of Clearly, they responded with this tweet: Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it's all over now... wait... we're all still here! Which poor bastard did they take down? The group then said he was not a leader in LulzSec. Then, they tweeted this: Clearly the UK police are so desperate to catch us that they've gone and arrested someone who is, at best, mildly associated with us. Lame. Shortly after, in a release addressed to the "FBI & other law enforcement clowns," they posted the personal information of two people they said "snitched" on them. [/quote] just a matter of time. News artical #2 [url]http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/06/21/suspected-lulzsec-mastermind-arrested/[/url] [quote]Channel 4 News is reporting that a 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with the hacking group LulzSec, a collective associated with hacks on Sony, Nintendo, the CIA and possibly acquiring records from the UK 2011 Census. The news agency posted the following tweet to its Twitter account: 19-year-old suspected of being mastermind behind computer hacking group LulzSec arrested in Wickford, Essex. #c4news A Google search brings up information on a former Anonymous member named Ryan Cleary who resides in Wickford, Essex. He is reported to have been connected with a number of individuals who are reported to be involved with LulzSec. The Metropolitan Police released the following statement on the arrest: Officers from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have arrested a 19-year-old man in a pre-planned intelligence-led operation. The arrest follows an investigation into network intrusions and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a number of international business and intelligence agencies by what is believed to be the same hacking group. The PCeU was assisted by officers from Essex Police and have been working in co-operation with the FBI. The teenager was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act, and Fraud Act offences and was taken to a central London police station, where he currently remains in custody for questioning. Searches at a residential address in Wickford, Essex, following the arrest last night have led to the examination of a significant amount of material. These forensic examinations remain ongoing. We are investigating further reports and will update you as soon as there are any developments. Update: Sabu – a self-confessed member of LulzSec has stated that Ryan Cleary, the suspect arrested by the Metropolitan Police, has announced that all of the LulzSec members are safe and that Cleary was involved with the group just by running its IRC channel: FYI all members of lulzsec are safe. Ryan Cleary has little to do with lulzsec besides running irc.lulzsec.org. Media needs to fix story. Update 2: LulzSec has issued its first communication since reports of the Census hack and alleged arrest of one of its members. Posting to its Twitter account, the group says that all of its members are still jail-free.[/quote]
Hahaha oh god. That is hilarious.
[quote]Police said Ryan Clearly was linked to the hacker activist group LulzSec.[/quote] Was that his name or was he obviously linked to them?
Lulzsec's probably going to deny he was part of it.
Supposedly he only ran the IRC. Also, use [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1097327-Discussion-about-the-quot-LulzSec-quot-hackings-keep-it-in-here-don-t-make-new-threads.]this thread.[/url]
They will eventually get the leader.
[QUOTE=Sharq;30618011]Lulzsec's probably going to deny he was part of it.[/QUOTE] They already have, they have also released personal information of two former members who betrayed them.
The beginning of the end for them. About time.
@Lulzsec brb getting arrested XD
running an irc isnt exactly grounds for prosecution. [editline]21st June 2011[/editline] ill wait till they get the actual hackers before giving a shit
[QUOTE=Mudbone;30618242]They will eventually get the leader.[/QUOTE] Hopefully soon.
[QUOTE=Mattk50;30618411]running an irc isnt exactly grounds for prosecution. [editline]21st June 2011[/editline] ill wait till they get the actual hackers before giving a shit[/QUOTE] Is in the UK! But then again so is looking the wrong way at someone.. Slightly more seriously, he could technically be assisting those committing various crimes as he is literally hosting an IRC server FOR them, they aren't just jumping on his IRC server. I suspect there may be more to it than just running the IRC server (if he had taken part in a voluntary botnet that would be grounds for arrest). Also, quoting what I said in another thread as it is obviously relevant. [QUOTE=Jsm;30617303]As I said in another thread just now, if he run their IRC servers they could be pretty fucked. The police have seized all of his computers (and I assume any servers he owns), there could very well be log files showing details about "proper" members.[/QUOTE]
Good, he deserves it for being involved with those pricks.
Good job! Get all of those stupid fucks.
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I have nothing against Lulzsec they should keep on going for as long as possible, it probably even improve big sites security.
[QUOTE=Sexy Eskimo;30618885]I have nothing against Lulzsec they should keep on going for as long as possible, it probably even improve big sites security.[/QUOTE] that could have been said originally, now they're just hacking shit because they're fucking idiots
[QUOTE=Sexy Eskimo;30618885]I have nothing against Lulzsec they should keep on going for as long as possible, it probably even improve big sites security.[/QUOTE] Even when they get out of prison , it's going to be a long time before they're going to be able to sit down on a computer seat.
When ever I hear NPR say Lulzsec's name, I burst out in laughter. You got these big shot old men talking about Lulzsec on NPR.
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[QUOTE=Sexy Eskimo;30618885]I have nothing against Lulzsec they should keep on going for as long as possible, it probably even improve big sites security.[/QUOTE] If they want to expose security flaws then great, they should do that. In the correct and proper (white hat) manner, like they did with the flaws in the NHS website. They are just being cunts for the sake of being cunts at the moment.
Yeahhhhh they're gonna be fucked soon I have a feeling. Too bad though, this is kinda funny. If they're anything like wikileaks, I support.
So much Lulz right here.
[QUOTE=PelPix123;30795320]Hahaha oh wow. I JUST found this. Good old Ryan. I knew him years ago. Called himself "Godfather." As soon as I heard "In lulz we trust," I immediately thought of him. Only he would say something like that. Small world this is. Right cunt though. When I was 10, he telnet'd me. I defeated him by just unplugging my router and plugging it back in, but he had already managed to hijack my email and then went around and destroyed all my ActiveWorlds builds. Fun times. What I never really liked about him was that he was the biggest asshole ever. He was just an outright mean, selfish person. It drove me insane talking to him. [editline]30th June 2011[/editline] I think I still have him on Skype[/QUOTE] too bad they don't have skype in prison
[QUOTE=PelPix123;30795320]Hahaha oh wow. I JUST found this. Good old Ryan. I knew him years ago. Called himself "Godfather." As soon as I heard "In lulz we trust," I immediately thought of him. Only he would say something like that. Small world this is. Right cunt though. When I was 10, he telnet'd me. I defeated him by just unplugging my router and plugging it back in, but he had already managed to hijack my email and then went around and destroyed all my ActiveWorlds builds. Fun times. What I never really liked about him was that he was the biggest asshole ever. He was just an outright mean, selfish person. It drove me insane talking to him.[/QUOTE] Interesting. Got what was coming to him then. Sounds like a right jackass.
[QUOTE=PelPix123;30795320]Hahaha oh wow. I JUST found this. Good old Ryan. I knew him years ago. Called himself "Godfather." As soon as I heard "In lulz we trust," I immediately thought of him. Only he would say something like that. Small world this is. Right cunt though. When I was 10, he telnet'd me. I defeated him by just unplugging my router and plugging it back in, but he had already managed to hijack my email and then went around and destroyed all my ActiveWorlds builds. Fun times. What I never really liked about him was that he was the biggest asshole ever. He was just an outright mean, selfish person. It drove me insane talking to him. [editline]30th June 2011[/editline] I think I still have him on Skype[/QUOTE] probably the explanation as to why he had no friends and had apparently not left the house for 4 years.
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There's probably going to be alot more arrests, the A-team made a nice list of some leads and even lulzsec members names, locations and contact information. Now they probably just have to research the people who they got the info for and get evidence.
[QUOTE=Sexy Eskimo;30618885]I have nothing against Lulzsec they should keep on going for as long as possible, it probably even improve big sites security.[/QUOTE] Releasing hundreds of peoples account names, emails and passwords for no reason at all is obviously a good thing, right?
lulz
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