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Self-Proclaimed LulzSec Leader Arrested In Australia
New submitter AlbanX writes "An IT professional working in Sydney has been arrested for hacking a government website as part of the LulzSec movement. The 24-year-old man, residing in Point Clare, was arrested at his workplace late yesterday. He claimed to be the leader of the hacker movement. 'Police say he was in a "position of trust" within the company and had access to information on government clients. The AFP says its investigation began less than two weeks ago when investigators found a government website had been compromised. The man has been charged with two counts of unauthorised modification of data to cause impairment and one count of unauthorised access to a restricted computer system. He faces a maximum of 12 years in jail.'"
... in Vienna.
Because age and clothing determine ability. SMH
Quite often they are an indication of maturity.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Only Americans would hire people based on age, fashion, looks, basically anything but real skill. I'm glad I don't live in that hell-hole.
You are a complete moron who fails to understand human beings(here's a hint dumbshit, Europeans are even more formal than Americans). People judge eachother on age, fashion, and looks pretty much wherever there are people. But don't let the facts get in the way of your self-righteousness.
Monstar L
Because age and clothing determine ability. SMH
Sometimes they are an indication of maturity.
Fixed that for you.
Quite a few people grow old without growing up.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
... says the seriousness of the crime is not about the magnitude of damage done, but the breach of security.
Which is a nice way of saying "Well, they didn't really do anything that bad, but they made a lot of people look foolish, so they must be punished harshly...". I think these days we must remember that pulling down someone's trousers in public will make an enemy of that person - and their friends.
Moved to http://soylentnews.org/. You are invited to join us too!
Protip: never claim to be the leader of a decentralized vigilante organization.
That will teach 'em. It should put an end to these crimes against authority. I'm sure China and Iran and North Korea will now cower to such impressive spectacle. All anonymity has come to an end. Somehow, I don't feel any safer.
When it comes to FUD and the Internet it only matters what material he could potentially have had access to, not what he actually had, or was supposed to have, access to. If Content Security handles any information anywhere that might be sensitive or politically embarrassing then the case will proceed on the assumption that Flannery had access to that information and used it. Flannery will, of course, have to spend serious dollars defending against these broad claims regardless of their veracity.
Patent litigation: A doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction... in which everyone seems willing to push the button
[but nobody noticed or cared enough, so you don't know which one] The AFP confirmed it was not a Federal Government website. [are the afraid we'll laugh if they mention the site?]
Somebody mentioned it because the ABC is reporting:
The LulzSec group allegedly broke into Australian Government departments, universities and schools in 2011. Some of the targets included AusAid, Victorian Government departments and local councils in Victoria and New South Wales.
Patent litigation: A doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction... in which everyone seems willing to push the button
What kind of shoes do you wear?
Dynamically typed ones.