Prospective LulzSec Leader Helps FBI Arrest Hackers
On Tuesday morning, key members of a hacker group known as LulzSec were arrested. According to Foxnews.com, the authorities were assisted by Hector Xavier, a man who is considered the leader of the group.
Five members of the group were arrested - two from London and Ireland and one from Chicago. LulzSec is a kind of "branch" of those very Anonymous. Both groups were accused of hacking the resources of the CIA, the FBI, Sony, and government sites in the UK and Mexico.
Hector Xavier Monsegur. Exclusive photo of Foxnews.com
To date, the US Department of Justice has scheduled several press conferences in order to tell the suffering public more about what happened.
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The Associated Press has several court documents at its disposal, according to which Xavier is accused of carrying out hacker activities as part of a group of individuals. According to AP, Hector was a member of Anonymous, Lulz Security and Internet Feds. Hector's activity was limited to identifying weaknesses in computer systems; he identified potential targets for hacking.
The direct participation (according to the same court documents) Hector took in the hacking of resources of the following companies: Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, HBGary ( comment perev .:these are some local private security companies these guys ), Fox Broadcasting, Tribune. The resources of the governments of Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen and Zimbabwe also suffered.
Foxnews: Xavier has been working with the FBI since June 2011, when the feds allegedly exposed him and made an offer that he could not refuse. Hector Xavier Monsegur was hiding under the pseudonym "Sabu", he is 28 years old, he has two children, he is unemployed from a suburb of New York. In August 2011, he pleaded guilty to certain counts.
But the names of the five arrested on Tuesday:
1. Ryan Ackroyd aka Kayla , London.
2. Jake Davis aka Topiary , London.
3. Darren Martin aka pwnsauce , Ireland
4. Doncha O'Serbnayl aka palladium , Ireland.
5. Jeremy Hammond aka Anarchaos , Chicago.
Five members of the group were arrested - two from London and Ireland and one from Chicago. LulzSec is a kind of "branch" of those very Anonymous. Both groups were accused of hacking the resources of the CIA, the FBI, Sony, and government sites in the UK and Mexico.
Hector Xavier Monsegur. Exclusive photo of Foxnews.com
To date, the US Department of Justice has scheduled several press conferences in order to tell the suffering public more about what happened.
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The Associated Press has several court documents at its disposal, according to which Xavier is accused of carrying out hacker activities as part of a group of individuals. According to AP, Hector was a member of Anonymous, Lulz Security and Internet Feds. Hector's activity was limited to identifying weaknesses in computer systems; he identified potential targets for hacking.
The direct participation (according to the same court documents) Hector took in the hacking of resources of the following companies: Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, HBGary ( comment perev .:
Foxnews: Xavier has been working with the FBI since June 2011, when the feds allegedly exposed him and made an offer that he could not refuse. Hector Xavier Monsegur was hiding under the pseudonym "Sabu", he is 28 years old, he has two children, he is unemployed from a suburb of New York. In August 2011, he pleaded guilty to certain counts.
But the names of the five arrested on Tuesday:
1. Ryan Ackroyd aka Kayla , London.
2. Jake Davis aka Topiary , London.
3. Darren Martin aka pwnsauce , Ireland
4. Doncha O'Serbnayl aka palladium , Ireland.
5. Jeremy Hammond aka Anarchaos , Chicago.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/139540/
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