Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Teenage 'Mastermind' Behind Worldwide Hacking Gang



Police In Essex Arrest Teenage 'Mastermind' Behind Worldwide Hacking Gang After Attacks On CIA -- The Daily Mail

* 19-year-old man is suspected of leading the notorious Lulz Security hacking group
* LulzSec tweeted it did NOT hack into Britain's census information as one website claimed.

A British teenager suspected of being a mastermind behind a notorious international computer hacking group has been arrested in a swoop by the FBI and Scotland Yard.

Ryan Cleary, 19, is believed to have been a 'major player' with LulzSec, a hacking group linked with attempts to breach organisations including the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency, the U.S. Senate and the CIA.

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My Comment: If these kids can easily hack into a network .... one can only imagine how easy it would be for a foreign government organization with more resources to accomplish such an undertaking.

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