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LulzSec Leader Sabu Unmasked, Arrested and Caught Collaborating
Velcroman1 writes "Law enforcement agents on two continents swooped in on top members of the infamous computer hacking group LulzSec early this morning, and acting largely on evidence gathered by the organization's brazen leader — who sources say has been secretly working for the government for months — arrested three and charged two more with conspiracy. Charges against four of the five were based on a conspiracy case filed in New York federal court, FoxNews.com has exclusively learned. An indictment charging the suspects, who include two men from Great Britain, two from Ireland and an American in Chicago is expected to be unsealed Tuesday morning in the Southern District of New York. 'This is devastating to the organization,' said an FBI official involved with the investigation. 'We're chopping off the head of LulzSec.'"
More likely he was arrested by accident and the government has the wrong guy or group. It's not like the arresting agency here has a track record of getting it right: They're routinely manufacturing terrorists by coercing people who would otherwise be disillusioned citizens from minority groups that just grump about without ever doing anything. Instead they pump these mentally unstable types up with false propaganda and then give them a fake bomb, then arrest them in front of fifty cameras and say "TA-DA! See, we're totally justified in abusing your civil liberties because heeeeeere's a terrorist!" This same agency has kicked in the doors of people suspected to be in possession of child porn (or, worse... downloads...) and then realizing the poor bastard they just made piss his pants and have a heart attack has an open wifi router he bought at the store and his grandson set it up so he could search for work... and the guy they're really looking for is presently sitting outside a Starbucks masturbating.
I doubt they did it for the lulz as much as for the "Let's give some poor bastard a fake trial and then ship him to one of our secret prisons all the while assuring the american public that this is a 'freedom enhancement' arrest."
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Criminal activity is criminal activity whether you dress it up as some boo hoo sob story of some poor ickle struggling hacker trying to improve his sk177s and get noticed or not.
"That benefit is usually pretty basic too: Food, shelter, clothing, sex, etc"
Oh puh-lease! If you seriously think the sort of people sitting in a basement breaking into some companies webserver are short of food or shelter then your delusional. People who are really short of lifes basics have more important things to do than sit in front of a PC. As for sex - well , perhaps in the fantasy land in your head or some hollywood movies (and we know how realistic they are) you can get laid for a hack , but in the real world sonny women are impressed by other sorts of things - maturity being one of them. If you're gay however then who knows, I'm sure there are other gay hackers you could meet.