Lulzsec is a third irish ! Sorta

LostCorkGuy

Six alleged hackers based in the US, UK and
Republic of Ireland have been charged with
crimes related to computer attacks said to
have affected "over one million victims".
The FBI said that five of the men were involved in the
group Lulzsec, while the sixth was a "member" of
Antisec.
It said that Lulzsec's "leader" Hector Xavier Monsegur
had pleaded guilty in August to 12 criminal charges.
The BBC understands Mr Monsegur subsequently co-
operated with the FBI.
It is believed that this action helped lead to the other
accusations.
The bureau said that Mr Monsegur - also known as
Sabu - had admitted involvement in cyber attacks
against the media groups Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company and the
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) among others.
It said that Jake Davis, 19, from Lerwick, Shetland
Islands; Ryan Ackroyd, 23, from Doncaster; and
Darren Martyn, 25, from Galway, Ireland have also
been charged with two counts of computer hacking
conspiracy.
Donncha O'Cearrbhail, 19, from Birr, Ireland, faces
one count of computer hacking conspiracy and a
separate allegation that he disclosed an unlawfully
intercepted data feed. The Irish police said they had
arrested a male suspect in connection with the
crackdown.
The FBI said Jeremy Hammond - nicknamed Anarchaos
- had also been arrested in Chicago on Monday in
connection with the attack on the Stratfor security
think tank carried out in December. It is alleged that
the Antisec movement subsequently published stolen
material to a file sharing website.
'Internal rift'
According to the court papers Mr Monsegur formed
Lulzsec last May. It said he acted as a "rooter",
identifying vulnerabilities in victim's computer
systems.
Alongside other recruited hackers he is also alleged to
have attacked the US Senate, the cyber security firm
Unveillance, Visa, Mastercard and Paypal.
The FBI said he faced a maximum sentence of more
than 124 years in prison if found guilty of all counts.
Prof Alan Woodward, from the University of Surrey's
department of computing noted that other hackers
appeared to have felt betrayed following reports that
Mr Monsegur had aided law enforcement offices with
the other arrests.
"The hacker group Lulzsec have been relatively quiet
since the middle of 2011 which matches with what is
being reported about when the leader of this group
was arrested," he said.
"Judging by the level of activity this morning, where
hackers have been pasting personal information about
the person reported as having turned witness to
implicate other hackers, it would appear that there is
a considerable rift inside these groups."
Trend Micro's director of security research, Rik
Ferguson, added that while this might mark the end
of Lulzsec, it would be premature to say the same
about Anonymous.
"Anonymous is a very different organisation to
Lulzsec and other more closely linked groups - anyone
can and does act in the name of Anonymous and their
activities do not require individual hacker publicity or
disclosure of personally identifiable details," he said.
"The very fact that Sabu became the 'celebrity' he
was, illustrates the real difference between Lulzsec
and Anonymous.
"I think the hackers we really need to worry about
are those that trusted no-one and sought no glory in
the first place."
A tweet posted by AnonymousIRC - which
identifies itself as the "Antisec embassy" - said:
"We're sailing close to the wind, our crew is complete
and doing fine."
A message posted by the YourAnonNews added:
"Anonymous is a hydra, cut off one head and we grow
two back."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17270822


I'd say Sean Sherlock must be happy

biko

Another thread on this is already on the front page of AH, pls use that.