LulzSec Suspect Arrested By UK Police

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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In all seriousness

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I truly think that Lulzsec is doing good work, and they should be applauded for their efforts. I really hope this kid was using strong encryption and covering his tracks enough to provide a credible legal defense, although considering he was caught probably not. What they are doing is a good thing, there needs to be a force in the world working to encourage better security practices--there wasn't previously to a sufficient degree, nothing like this. My data is safer because of the heightened vigilance they cause, and I am thankful for and always amused at their exploits.

Those fiends!

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Nobody broke into anything. Noone stole anything. Noone attacked anyone. Noone let off any bombs. Some people typed some commands on their computers and some other computers briefly changed their state before returning back to normal. Some information moved from one place to another.