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LulzSec Suspect Arrested By UK Police

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the lulz-till-it-isn't dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The UK's Police Computer e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested a 19-year-old man in Wickford, Essex, in connection with the series of LulzSec attacks against organizations including the CIA, PBS and Sony. The man, who has been arrested under the Computer Misuse and Fraud Act, has had his house searched and a significant amount of material taken away by police for forensic examination. The PCeU worked with local Essex police and the FBI on the investigation."

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  1. Opening arguments by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    Opening arguments next month:

    Judge: "Can the defendant please state, for the record, why they felt it was necessary to take down several high-profile website, costing those companies hundreds of thousands in lost income, cleanup costs, and angry support calls?"

    Defendant's Lawyer: "Ah, your honor, let the record show... they did it for the 'lulz'".

    Judge: "I see. Well, in the spirit of their crime, sentencing will be 'for the lulz'."

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    1. Re:Opening arguments by txmcse · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, that would be great! Let's hope the judge works in "the oceans", "aiming the guns", "butthurt", and "the long arm of the lulz" :)

    2. Re:Opening arguments by DamienRBlack · · Score: 4, Funny

      Judge: "You are sentenced to 1337 years."

  2. Re:Wait. Is he a suspect or not? by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's important to note at this point that it has not been confirmed that the arrested man is suspected of being involved with LulzSec by the authorities. But many observers are speculating that that could be the case.

    How can you go from that to "Lulzsec suspect arrested?"

    This is Slashdot

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  3. Re:It's prison time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's lulzier without it.

  4. Re:It's prison time by WiglyWorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like you hate America, son.

  5. Re:It's prison time by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're missing the point. The parent is criticising the grand parent for automatically labelling him as guilty and already saying what his sentence is, before any due process has taken place..

    Yeah. On the internet, we call that 'tuesday'.

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