eichzero Posted June 21, 2011 Report Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) UK police arrest Suspected LulzSec 19 years old MastermindBritish police say they have made a significant arrest in their investigation into hacking attacks on international business and intelligence agencies.Officers from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have arrested a 19-year-old man in a pre-planned intelligence-led operation.The 19-year-old is currently in custody at a central London police station. This arrest comes just before the first major “Operation Anti-Security” information leak was about to take place.Police would not say whether the man is believed to be linked to either the Anonymous or Lulz Security. According to Mikko H. Hypponen , F-Secure CRO "The arrested person in Essex could be Ryan Cleary aka ViraL. Not sure of his relation to LulzSec."Yes ! This can be Ryan, who hack Anonymous IRC networks - irc.anonops.net & irc.anonops.ru before & Also he was exposed by Anonymous.Name: Mr Ryan ClearyAlias: viraLAge: 18-19Address: 10 South Beech Avenue Wickford SS11 8AHPhone Number: +447510557265Whereas Anonymous saying that "The good news everybody: Ryan has little to do with #LulzSec besides running IRC. All 6 members of LulzSec are fine and safe. ryan cleary simply hosted the new encyclopediadramatica website and irc, lulzsec just had a channel there, not much of a relation."Searches at a residential address in Wickford, Essex, following the arrest last night have led to the examination of a significant amount of material. These forensic examinations remain ongoing. The PCeU was assisted by officers from Essex Police and have been working in co-operation with the FBI.We also Notice that Lulzsec Website's Main page http://lulzsecurity.com/ was down for sometime on Tuesday, Whereas there Another page http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/ was working.We are investigating further reports and will update you as soon as Possible.Sursa:thehackernews.com Edited June 21, 2011 by eichzero Quote
