British Police Say They Arrested Hacker Group Member (LulzSec)

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Source: The New York Times

British police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 19-year-old man who they said was the spokesman of the cyber-vigilante group Lulz Security, which has claimed credit for a string of attacks on the Web sites of government agencies and private corporations.

In a statement, the police said the man used the online alias Topiary and was picked up during a raid on a residence in the Shetland Islands, the rugged archipelago off the northeastern coast of Scotland. Police said they were also questioning a 17-year-old, but have not arrested him, and were conducting a search at another address in Lincolnshire, while a search continued at the Shetland Islands address.

On Twitter, Topiary described himself as a “simple prankster turned swank garden hedge.” His moniker and missives were frequently facetious and occasionally provocative, suggesting the handiwork of someone who relished playful language.

The most recent post on Topiary’s Twitter feed is dated July 21, two days after law-enforcement authorities announced the arrests of more than a dozen people in the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands, who were accused of participating in online attacks at the instigation of the hacker group, Anonymous and its offshoot, Lulz Security. “You cannot arrest an idea,” Topiary wrote.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/technology/british-police-say-they-arrested-hacker-group-member.html

[Gregorian]

1. They're going after the wrong people. Bush and Cheney are still on the loose.

Rove, in contempt of Congress. Still on the loose.

V

[jwirr]

2. The last sentence is why they are wasting their time trying to catch

these guys. They have no connection with each other and are always replaceable. It is kind of like the drug war - someone else always steps in to fill the void.

[Wednesdays]

3. Indeed...see my signature

[wingzeroday]

5. dark orange

Always and forver

A song for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e39UmEnqY8

[wingzeroday]

4. for my family

From one dusty shadow to another:
Why are you shining this light on me?

I could say, I am afraid not to,
or, I love you,
or, it is the night.

But this is the turth
I have no reasons
I only have the light.

[wingzeroday]

6. ug

but this is the truth