British police dealing with digital offense haveapprehended a 19 - yr - oldin Essex , England , accused of participate in LulzSec ’s recent roseola of bold online assaults . This would pock the first time an actual human ’s been nab since the Lulz scream started .
The research worker , play with FBI authorities as well , ZDNet UK reports , catch the teen under charges from the Computer Misuse Act and Fraud Act — presumably tie him to LulzSec ’s waving of leak , DDoS strikes , and yesterday’sjoint declarationof international cyberspace war alongside Anonymous , the first prey of which was the UK ’s Serious Organised Crime Agency . The BBC reportsthat “ lookup at a residential address in Wickford , Essex , following the stoppage last night have led to the interrogatory of a significant amount of material . These forensic examinations remain ongoing , ” quoting a Scotland Yard rep . [ ZDNet UK ]
https://gizmodo.com/lulzsec-and-anonymous-declare-open-war-against-all-gove-5813560
Update : fresh selective information from a self - purported Anon phallus , quoting an anonymous ( small letter a ) source . ViaTwitter :
“ The in force news everybody : Ryan has niggling to do with#LulzSecbesides move IRC . All 6 members of @LulzSec are fine and safe . ”#AntiSec
So ! This , if it ’s lawful , means that the perp is discover Ryan , but was n’t part of LulzSec ’s integral piece of tail - tinker’s dam - up operations . It would also suggest that there are only six members of LulzSec ’s gist squad . But again , if it ’s true .
Update 2 : Another Anon Twitter accounthas chime in , downplaying the import of the apprehension :
If it is Ryan then they ’re alright . lol#LulzSec
The “ if ” in there indicates there may be some inner confusion within the AntiSec campaign as to who has actually been arrested .
Update 3 : LulzSec ’s prescribed Twitter accounthas unite the this - doesn’t - affair chorus :
Seems the splendid drawing card of LulzSec got cop , it ’s all over now … waitress … we ’re all still here ! Which poor bastard did they take down ?
Update 4 : Well this just go a bit more interesting!Yet another Anon Twitter useris claim the Ryan in question is Ryan Cleary — a kid previously associated with attacking Anonymous in an attempted “ coup d’etat ” of sorts , Hacker News reported in May : “ Mr Cleary was charge of steal passwords and target the web servers used to keep Anonymous ’s websites running . ”
Cleary ’s personal information was then revenge - send online — pinning him to Wickford , Essex , on the nose as the BBC said earlier this morning .
So this is strange . Ryan was plainly disdain by Anonymous , and report today as a LulzSec IRC admin . With the two personnel united for the time being , his position in all of this seems … tense .
Update 5 : LulzSec ’s put outa further clarifying tweet , this one more conclusive than the last :
Ryan Cleary is not part of LulzSec ; we house one of our many legitimate chatrooms on his IRC waiter , but that ’s it .
So , despite whatever beef Ryan had with Anon , LulzSec ’s just been using him for his servers , and is distancing itself from him in any other capacity .
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