The Sony Hacker Arrested

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🐑Turf💔Warrior🐑 Jun 21, 2011

Apparently it was a 19 year old Brit. I wonder what kind of punishment he is looking at if he gets convicted
FU airports! Jun 21, 2011

I bet he gets a job out of it regardless of the punishment.
Vadan™ v2.0 Jun 21, 2011

"The Man" wrote:
I bet he gets a job out of it regardless of the punishment.

Exactly. His expertise are better served on their dev team than behind bars for 10 yrs. sometimes, crime does pay.
Ʈℍㅌ ʘㄕㅌℝ₳₮ミℝ Jun 21, 2011

So will the weak Uk gov allow him to be extradited?
🐑Turf💔Warrior🐑 Jun 21, 2011

VADAN wrote:
"The Man" wrote:
I bet he gets a job out of it regardless of the punishment.

Exactly. His expertise are better served on their dev team than behind bars for 10 yrs. sometimes, crime does pay.
Kinda like the guy who the movie "Catch me if you can" was based after. Made bad checks his whole life, served a little time and then became a fraud investigator.
\\// (/\dd Vee) Jun 21, 2011

Was he responsible for the sony attacks? I haven't seen anything stating he was. Just that he was the part of Lulzsec a hacker group similar to Anonymous.
OG Bennyb Jun 21, 2011

He was identified and all his details published on anonopps web site over a month ago, FBI n SY should check the Internet more often, save them a packet in investigation costs.
Ska Ranger Jun 21, 2011

Yeah true :)
El ZETA Jun 21, 2011

If they put him behind bars that would be a wast Of talent
✙Baron✙ Jun 21, 2011

El ZETA wrote:
If they put him behind bars that would be a wast Of talent

A true wast.
attrition Jun 21, 2011

Turf🐑Warrior👊🔨💀 wrote: Kinda like the guy who the movie "Catch me if you can" was based after..snip..

While it does happen that "hackers" (and this is the wrong term really) turn into legit security analysts on occasion, I'm not sure it is always as productive as it sounds at first. It seems like today's crackers don't have nearly the skills of the more notable and earlier criminals who made similar transitions. Frank Abignale (a social engineer with few equals -- a trait he shares with several well-known computer/network crackers) had some first-rate skills and plenty of first-hand knowledge to pass on -- but the current generation of script-kiddies rarely have a similar depth of knowledge in their field.

It seems a growing trend among crackers that they use tools or tool kits created by other more competent individuals who actually have some real talent. Sometimes these guys are actually using exploit code created by security researchers! ;)
Tom Servo Jun 21, 2011

Gotta love auto-correct rofl.
ⱣλБŁΩ Jun 22, 2011

Lulzsec FTW!
〓ZABLO〓 Jun 22, 2011

ⱣλБŁΩ🔫🌊🗻 wrote:
Lulzsec FTW!

No.
קřㅌלㅜïפㅌ Jun 22, 2011

Turf🐑Warrior👊🔨💀 wrote:
VADAN wrote:
"The Man" wrote:
I bet he gets a job out of it regardless of the punishment.

Exactly. His expertise are better served on their dev team than behind bars for 10 yrs. sometimes, crime does pay.
Kinda like the guy who the movie "Catch me if you can" was based after. Made bad checks his whole life, served a little time and then became a fraud investigator.
He just spoke at my highschool
glman Jun 22, 2011

You got your story wrong. He wasn't involved in the psn attacks. According to lulzsec he isnt even a main member of the group and they didn't hack the psn network.
RetardedPanda Jun 22, 2011

ⱣλБŁΩ🔫🌊🗻 wrote:
Lulzsec FTW!
Great Game Dev Jun 22, 2011

A British teenager suspected of being a mastermind behind notorious international computer hacking group LulzSec has been arrested.
The arrest of the 19-year-old - named locally as Ryan Cleary - comes just days after the group claimed it brought down the US Central Intelligence Agency's website.

The alleged hack on CIA.gov occurred on the same day Lulz Security opened a telephone request line so its fans could suggest potential targets.

On Twitter, the group wrote: "Tango down - CIA.gov - for the lulz".
Abbafour Jun 22, 2011

Great Game Dev wrote:
A British teenager suspected of being a mastermind behind notorious international computer hacking group LulzSec has been arrested.
The arrest of the 19-year-old - named locally as Ryan Cleary - comes just days after the group claimed it brought down the US Central Intelligence Agency's website.

The alleged hack on CIA.gov occurred on the same day Lulz Security opened a telephone request line so its fans could suggest potential targets.

On Twitter, the group wrote: "Tango down - CIA.gov - for the lulz".

The end quote made my day-for the lulz.
🐑Turf💔Warrior🐑 Jun 22, 2011

Sorry. That's what I heard on the radio yesterday morning. I guess they got the story wrong