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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.'"
This is why any kind of Hacking intent should never be combined with monetary interests. It should be left alone as a Hobby. Getting involved in Politics is dangerous, especially if you are doing something illegal. And this might as well be a set up.
I think you're getting LulzSec mixed up with Anonymous. Although there's some crossover between the two, they're generally regarded as separate entities.
If it's the same Jeremy Hammond, he's a known item in Chicago for some time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hammond
The talk page is interesting as well.
The original link to the Fox News website is a little thin on details, but there's a bit more flesh here
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/06/exclusive-inside-lulzsec-mastermind-turns-on-his-minions/?intcmp=related
When Mitnick came out of prison he was out of the loop for a while so that's knid of an unfair comparison. Besides, Mitnick used his position to start his own company - and being a famous hacker is a damn good selling point. Still, in a strange twist he made awful decisions for his own company: http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/1531 . And if I was at all security related this is the first kind of person I'd be looking for. I mean think about it, who would you hire to do a security audit: someone who's broken into tons of systems or someone with an MCSE who took a weekend seminar about how to make IIS suck less?
Really? You would mod up someone who has absolutely no proof, has formed a jaded opinion off of various reports, nitpicking what they need to form their opinion, and then post it on slashdot on a news report that may kinda sorta support their crazy ass conspiracy? Hmm.... I think I just came up with the internet conspiracy formula.... patent pending!!!
some people just won't believe what's happening until the storm troopers kick down their door making it as undeniably obvious as they seem to want.
you, sir, are one of those.
Also I suspect he'll remain unemployed for a long time now whether he goes to jail or not. No sane employer will want him within a mile of their systems.
Yeah.
Kevin "Condor" Mitnick, Author, computer consultant
Kevin Poulson, News Editor, Wired
J-P Assange, no further intro needed. Sold rights to his memoirs for a cool mill.
Mark "Phiber Optik" Abene, successful security consultant
John "Captain Crunch" Draper, wrote EasyWriter for Apple while in jail, later jobs included CTO and company founder.
Sure, convicted black hats have no way to make a living.
Can't we cite a more respectable source for chrissakes?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17270822
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/06/hector-xavier-monsegur-fbi-lulzsec-arrests_n_1323638.html?ref=uk
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They caught him about 8 months ago. He has allegedly been an informant since then, which must have given him more than enough time to ponder on how he got caught.
'Lulzsec hackers' arrested in international swoop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17270822
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if you honestly haven't learned yet that crime for corporate profit or expansion of government power is completely ignored while anyone who challenges the status quo is given life in Federal PMITA prison
"Completely ignored", really? I find that this level of hyperbole detracts from one's credibility, and that's a shame because I agree with your underlying concerns. Honest question: are you aware that there have been an increasing number of successful prosecutions for fraud in the financial sector, particularly insider trading? It just doesn't make great news copy, so maybe it's been off your radar. Even the Raj Rajaratnam case, as major as it was, didn't get all that much coverage.
Is every guilty & corrupt person currently at risk of arrest? Of course not. But it is actually a rather difficult process to investigate and prosecute these kinds of crimes. It requires a lot of resources, expertise, time, and taxpayer money. I get the sense that you'd be very troubled to see the expansion of the justice department that would be necessary to obtain a higher rate of successful prosecution.
Technically, guantanamo is in US, not Cuba. Generally speaking its on the Cuban island, but if you want to be technical, please specify that it is US.
No, if you want to be technical, it's Cuban.
United States leases the Guantanamo Bay base area from Cuba. It's under US jurisdiction, but Cuban souvereignty.
That it's not on US soil is precisely what Donald Rushfeldt used as a sleazeball argument for bypassing US laws.