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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. Re:It's prison time by Bob+Gelumph · · Score: 5, Informative

    How about some due process, first?

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  2. 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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  3. Re:It's prison time by cgeys · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, you try breaking in to a house and after that try to explain it with "well, they should had armored their door and made better locks".

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

    It's lulzier without it.

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

    Sounds like you hate America, son.

  6. 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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  7. LulzSec Responds by abyssalson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    LulzSec has already responded on Twitter. "Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it's all over now... wait... we're all still here! Which poor bastard did they take down?"