British teen arrested over CIA, Sony hackings
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June 22, 2011, Wednesday
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A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of hacking attacks on Sony and the CIA website, British police said yesterday.
The UK Metropolitan Police department said the arrest took place following a joint operation by its Internet crimes unit and the FBI.
Police would not reveal if the suspect was tied to the Lulz Security hacking collective, which claimed responsibility for recent high-profile attacks, but did confirm that a computer seized in the operation will be examined for Sony data.
Lulz had boasted of successfully hacking Sony in addition to subsequent attacks on the CIA web page and the US Senate computer system. The hackers recently called for "war" on governments that control the Internet.
The teenager was arrested late on Monday in the commuter town of Wickford, about 55 kilometers northeast of London, and taken to a central London police station for questioning, police said.
Officers are conducting forensic examinations on "a significant amount of material" found in the search of a home following the arrest.
Lulz has taken credit for hacking into Sony Corp - where more than 100 million user accounts were compromised - and defacing the Public Broadcasting Service website after the US television station aired a documentary seen as critical of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The hackers also said they were responsible for attacks on the CIA website and the US Senate computer system.
Most recently, Lulz said it had compromised the security of more than 1,000 accounts of an FBI partner organization and brought down the website of Britain's FBI equivalent, the Serious Organized Crime Agency.
The group has taken to taunting victims of its attacks on Twitter using the handle "LulzSec." The Twitter account appeared to make light of the news about yesterday's arrest, giving no indication anyone from the group was involved.
The UK Metropolitan Police department said the arrest took place following a joint operation by its Internet crimes unit and the FBI.
Police would not reveal if the suspect was tied to the Lulz Security hacking collective, which claimed responsibility for recent high-profile attacks, but did confirm that a computer seized in the operation will be examined for Sony data.
Lulz had boasted of successfully hacking Sony in addition to subsequent attacks on the CIA web page and the US Senate computer system. The hackers recently called for "war" on governments that control the Internet.
The teenager was arrested late on Monday in the commuter town of Wickford, about 55 kilometers northeast of London, and taken to a central London police station for questioning, police said.
Officers are conducting forensic examinations on "a significant amount of material" found in the search of a home following the arrest.
Lulz has taken credit for hacking into Sony Corp - where more than 100 million user accounts were compromised - and defacing the Public Broadcasting Service website after the US television station aired a documentary seen as critical of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The hackers also said they were responsible for attacks on the CIA website and the US Senate computer system.
Most recently, Lulz said it had compromised the security of more than 1,000 accounts of an FBI partner organization and brought down the website of Britain's FBI equivalent, the Serious Organized Crime Agency.
The group has taken to taunting victims of its attacks on Twitter using the handle "LulzSec." The Twitter account appeared to make light of the news about yesterday's arrest, giving no indication anyone from the group was involved.
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