Suspected Lulzsec Hacker found... in Essex

[Vault Girl]

Just watched the BBC news at 10, apparently US and British agencies have found one of the key Lulzsec hackers, a 19 year old agoraphobic, in Essex. He and another teenager are currently trying to fight extradition to the States for trial action.

I don't want to wear out on the who hacking scandal, but what are your feelings on this? Particularly if you are a PS3 owner like me?

EDIT: Here is the article version of the report on the BBC news website citing the suspects name. apparently this "Ryan" may have been the same one that caused the fracture within anonymous before defecting to Lulzsec, but at this point that is complete speculation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13859868

America are citing the need to extradition on the grounds that many of the companies that have been attacked are conglomerates with more US based cause for prosecution, for example the supreme court hearings and suspected CIA hacking.

They are especially concerned with that has only been lightly referred to as "Links" in particular reference to SONY and other "significant amounts of material".

This seems to be the real deal, at least in a small part.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

Just watched the BBC news at 10, apparently US and British agencies have found one of the key Lulzsec hackers, a 19 year old agoraphobic, in Essex. He and another teenager are currently trying to fight extradition to the States for trial action.

I don't want to wear out on the who hacking scandal, but what are your feelings on this? Particularly if you are a PS3 owner like me?

Got a news link?

OT: I bet you 50$ bucks he will rat out as many people as possible to avoid getting in trouble.

 

[lacktheknack]

How did they find him? Did that blog dedicated to tracking down LulzSec members find him? Do they know what operations he was part of? What's his expected jail sentence? What's your source?

TOO MANY QUESTIONS! From what you've presented, I guess this is encouraging, maybe they'll take down LulzSec and AntiSec after all.

EDIT: Here's a source.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/21/hackers-lulzsec-arrest-essex-census

It appears that he wasn't even part of the PSN scandal, it looks like he's being arrested for the DDoS wave.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Personally, I don't care. The PS3 was a substantial threat, but this comes off more as exhibitionism.

I also find it funny that they guy is agoraphobic, but mostly because it propagates the typical stereotype associated with the hacking crown.

 

[TimeLord]

Source please? I refuse to believe anything without confirmation.

If it's true though... well they had to be somewhere.

 

[Nudu]

It's good they're catching the sons of bitches

 

[Quite Interesting]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13859868 It's one of the headlines on the BBC news website

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Lulzsec are claiming it was just someone who hosted one of their many IRC chats. Source

I don't know who to believe, as they might want to keep their reputation as untouchable, but I think it's fair to say that it might be a step forward.

The IRC's have to leave a trace of their IP right?

Calumon: Does this mean that I can go online again without someone stealing me? :S

 

[Sp3ratus]

Just watched the BBC news at 10, apparently US and British agencies have found one of the key Lulzsec hackers, a 19 year old agoraphobic, in Essex. He and another teenager are currently trying to fight extradition to the States for trial action.

I don't want to wear out on the who hacking scandal, but what are your feelings on this? Particularly if you are a PS3 owner like me?

Got a news link?

Might this do? Linky
I can't say whether he did it or not, I suspect things like this to be very hard to actually prove. If he did it, however, well, you reap as you sow. He and others did dickish actions, so they're going to pay for it.

 

[DannyBoy451]

From their Twitter:

LulzSec The Lulz Boat
Ryan Cleary is not part of LulzSec; we house one of our many legitimate chatrooms on his IRC server, but that's it. youtube.com/watch?v=Jf7iBS?

Source: http://twitter.com/#!/lulzsec

Don't get moist over nothing.

EDIT:

An agoraphobic? What a master of terror he must be. Proof Lulsex is a bunch of wimps who hide behind a computer to do things they'd be scared to in real life.

>Agorophobics are just wimps

Well that's just mean...

 

[the spud]

I thought that lulzec had accepted donations in U.S. currency, so wouuldn't that mean they were centered in the U.S.? Maybe this guy (if this story is true) is just one of there partners in crime.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

From their Twitter:

LulzSec The Lulz Boat
Ryan Cleary is not part of LulzSec; we house one of our many legitimate chatrooms on his IRC server, but that's it. youtube.com/watch?v=Jf7iBS?

Source: http://twitter.com/#!/lulzsec

Don't get moist over nothing.

Uh huh... cause they're such a trustworthy group. Honestly, I believe everything they say, they've just earned my respect.

/overblown sarcastic voice

 

[Furioso]

Well judging by his twitter they don't have him, his last post was 3 minutes ago...

 

[Macgyvercas]

I thought that lulzec had accepted donations in U.S. currency, so wouuldn't that mean they were centered in the U.S.? Maybe this guy (if this story is true) is just one of there partners in crime.

Just because they accept donations in US currency doesn't mean they are based in the US. Don't forget, even though it's not as strong as it used to be, a lot of things are tied to the dollar.

 

[DannyBoy451]

From their Twitter:

LulzSec The Lulz Boat
Ryan Cleary is not part of LulzSec; we house one of our many legitimate chatrooms on his IRC server, but that's it. youtube.com/watch?v=Jf7iBS?

Source: http://twitter.com/#!/lulzsec

Don't get moist over nothing.

Yeah, because they'd admit defeat like that.

I'm not saying he's definitely a part of L/S, but that's nothing like 'proof'.

I dunno, I don't see why they'd lie about that, but regardless of whether he's affiliated with them he's still going to get shitfucked.

Should have gotten behind 7 proxies etc.

 

[Scrubiii]

What's that? Someone in Britain has committed a crime on the internet? Extradite them immediately!

Seriously America, leave us alone. We can deal with our own criminals.

 

[Normandyfoxtrot]

If the internet terrorism keeps increasing as it is they might mind themselves under a much greater threat after all their hardly being tracked by the best information security teams their dealing with regular terrorism currently.

 

[the spud]

I thought that lulzec had accepted donations in U.S. currency, so wouuldn't that mean they were centered in the U.S.? Maybe this guy (if this story is true) is just one of there partners in crime.

Just because they accept donations in US currency doesn't mean they are based in the US. Don't forget, even though it's not as strong as it used to be, a lot of things are tied to the dollar.

I suppose, and it would be funny if these guys ended up being mongolian or something.

 

[Normandyfoxtrot]

What's that? Someone in Britain has committed a crime on the internet? Extradite them immediately!

Seriously America, leave us alone. We can deal with our own criminals.

I suspect we believe our penalties are higher and that our interest where more impacted than British.