May 24
Wired reports that Hector Xavier Monsegur, a.k.a. Sabu, the LulzSec hacker who became an FBI informant and helped take down numerous other hackers
Feb 05
New documents leaked by Edward Snowden and obtained by NBC News suggest that the UK’s spy agency, GCHQ, launched a DDoS attack on the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.
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May 16
In April, LulzSec members Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis, and Mustafa al-Bassam plead guilty to various charges in London for their roles in cyberattacks against Sony, the NHS, News International, and more. Today the three of them – plus Ryan Cleary – were sentenced in the same court, with all but one getting prison sentences. This follows other members who have already been sentenced, including Cody Kretsinger, who was known as Recursion.
Last month, 20-year-old Jake Davis, 26-year-old Ryan Ackroyd, and 18-year-old Mustafa al-Bassam plead guilty to charges of cyberattacking the NHS, News International, and Sony. On top of those, Ackroyd in particular also plead guilty to plotting attacks on other websites in addition to a computer hacking charge. Al-Bassam and Davis, in addition to the aforementioned, plead guilty to conspiring to attack various law enforcement agencies in both the US and UK.
While those three plead guilty last month, 21-year-old Ryan Cleary, who was also sentenced today, had already plead guilty in his own legal spat, which consisted of six various related charges. The guilty pleas were entered about two years after the attacks for which they were sentenced took place. Out of the four, Ackroyd had been the only to initially maintain his innocence.
Now that the sentencing is complete, we see that Cleary was given a 32-month prison sentence, Ackroyd a 30-month sentence, and Davis a 24-month sentence. Al-Bassam was the only one to side-step a prison sentence, instead receiving a 20-month suspended sentence because – though now an adult – he was only 16-years-old when he committed the cyberattacks, making him a minor. Instead, he will perform 300 hours of community service.
Crown Prosecution Service lawyer Andrew Hadik said: “The harm they caused was foreseeable, extensive and intended. Indeed, they boasted of how clever they were with a complete disregard for the impact their actions had on real people’s lives. This case should serve as a warning to other cybercriminals that they are not invincible.”
SOURCE: BBC News
LulzSec hackers sentenced in London court is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apr 23
The Australian Federal Police arrested a man in Sydney on Monday who claims to be the leader of Lulz Security, more commonly known as LulzSec. Though his name has not been revealed, ABC News Australia reports that he is 24-years-old, and worked in a “position of trust” in a NSW-local branch of an international IT company. Because of his work position, he had access to government client data.
The name of the company for which he worked has not been specified, nor has the exact position he held. Says the AFP’s Commander Glen McEwan, he is someone “known to international law enforcement,” and that he is the first LulzSec member to be arrested by them. His arrest took place after being under surveillance for less than two weeks, something that was prompted by a compromised government website.
As a result, the alleged leader has been arrested and charged with one count of unauthorized access to a restricted computer system, as well as two counts of unauthorized modification of data to cause impairment. Such charges have a maximum prison sentence of 12 years. Some of the Australian targets of the hacking collective are said to be departments of the Victorian and NSW governments, local councils, and AusAid. In addition, ten high schools and universities had their login information and email accounts leaked.
The claim that this individual is LulzSec’s leader comes from posts he allegedly made on forums, in which he claimed to be the leader. The AFP also says that they have talked about it with him, and that he has discussed it. He’s due back in court on May 15. Says Commander McEwen: “The AFP will not tolerate the attempts of hackers to damage or destroy the online property of Australian individuals, companies or national infrastructure resources.”
[via ABC News]
Alleged LulzSec leader arrested in Australia is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apr 23
The Australian Federal Police have confirmed that they have arrested the alleged leader of notorious hacking group Lulzsec in Sydney. More »
Apr 19
This week the man known as Cody Andrew Kretsinger has been issued a prison sentence for his part in a 2011 attack on a Sony Pictures-owned website, this incident earning hima cool 1 year in a federal cell. This particular hack ended up having the names and information of customers of Sony products stolen and leaked to the public. This information included the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of a massive amount of customers.
This sentence has been passed down after the defendant was arrested back in September of 2011. His original part in the crime took place in May of that same year, and he pled guilty to the crime in April of 2012. In other words, it’s not always a quick path from the crime to the final sentence!
In similar situations related to this Sony Picture hack, LulzSec members Raynaldo Rivera and Hector Xavier Monsegur have also gone into agreements with the authorities. Monsegur, also known as “Sabu”, has according to PC World agreed to work with the FBI as an informant and – again, according to this same source – played an important part in the identification of the other members of the LulzSec team.
Monsegur is currently set to face a maximum sentence of 124 years in prison, while Rivera (aka “neuron”) is set to be sentenced on May the 16th. You’ll be able to find more information on the hacking universe in our hacking tag portal as well as through a search for LulzSec in our archives!
LulzSec hacker gets prison sentence for Sony Pictures hack is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apr 18
It has been a long process, but one of LulzSec‘s hackers who went by the name “Recursion” has been sentenced, receiving one year in prison for his part in a cyberattack on Sony Entertainment. After serving his year, the hacker, who’s real name is Cody Kretsinger, will have to perform 1,000 hours of community service and home detention. Kretsinger plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, according to Reuters.
LulzSec is a branch from the more popularly-known Anonymous hacker collective, and has claimed to have initiated quite a few high-profile cyberattacks against private and government websites alike. One such attack was against Sony, who’s website Kretsinger claims to have accessed, gathering information and spreading it to two other LulzSec hackers.
That information was then made public on the group’s Twitter account and on its website, resulting in what prosecutors say was in excess of $600,000 worth of damage to the corporation. Additional members of the hacking group are slated for sentencing, having plead guilty to various related charges earlier this month and back in the summer of 2012.
On April 9, LulzSec members Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam, and Ryan Ackroyd all plead guilty in London to cyberattacks against Sony, in addition to other entities, such as the NHS and News International. Ackroyd, in particular, plead guilty to also plotting cyberattacks against many other websites, among them being 20th Century Fox. Davis and al-Bassam plead guilty to conspiracy to attack law enforcement agencies in both the UK and US. They will be sentenced on May 14.
[via Reuters]
LulzSec hacker “Recursion” sentenced to a year in prison is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Apr 09
LulzSec, short for Lulz Security, is a hacker collective that has pulled quite a few grand cyberattacks, taking high-profile and big-name websites down whilst gathering up a plethora of passwords and account info, among other things. Last year, the FBI brought the group down with the aid of its leader, “Sabu,” arresting multiple individuals and charging them with a variety of breaches of the law. Now three members have plead guilty.
According to The Guardian, Jake Davis (20-years-old), Mustafa al-Bassam (18-years-old), and Ryan Ackroyd (26-years-od), who had previously maintained his innocence, have plead guilty in London earlier today to attacking Sony, News International, and the NHS. For his part, Ackroyd plead guilty to plotting attacks on a variety of websites, among them being 20th Century Fox, as well as a single count of a computer hacking charge.
And for their parts, al-Bassam and Davis plead guilty to conspiracy to attack law enforcement agencies throughout the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as the cyberattacks against the aforementioned News International, 20th Century Fox, NHS, and Sony. This is al-Bassam’s (who is said to have gone by the name Tflow) first guilty plea in the cyberattacks.
Now the group is awaiting sentencing, which is slated to take place on May 14, about two-years after the attacks they plead guilty to took place. Also slated for sentencing on May 14 is another LulzSec hacker named Ryan Cleary (21-years-old), who had already plead guilty to six charges said to be related. Check out the timeline below for more info on the hacking group.
[via The Guardian]
LulzSec hackers plead guilty to cyberattack charges is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Sep 09
LulzSec’s Topiary Talks About Life After Hacking, Says He Feels More Fulfilled Without Internet [Hackers]
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Jake Davis—perhaps better known as Topiary, mastermind behind crazy Internet assaults during the summer of 2011—is out on bail with one obvious condition: no Internet. Now, 12 months after his heyday, he’s decided to reflect on his experience, and his new Internet-free life, and wrote about it in the Guardian. More »
Aug 28
20-year-old Raynaldo Rivera of Tempe, Arizona, surrendered to authorities today, less than a week after a federal grand jury in Los Angeles brought an indictment against him on charges of an extensive computer breach involving Sony Pictures Entertainment, which ultimately cost the company over $600k. More »
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