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Topic: Hacker suspected of being behind LulzSec arrested

Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #7,904

> 19-year-old suspected of being a mastermind behind notorious international computer hacking group LulzSec in Wickford, Essex
Just saw on the BBC, apparently it was a joint operation between the UK police and FBI. It's not on their site yet.

(Edited 3 minutes later.)

Tekamine !AnRbswGQv. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #137,022

When I rang up the other night, I did actually get through to a English lad. Young i'd say, but definitely English.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,024

@previous (Tekamine !AnRbswGQv.)
I should have called them while I had the chance. :(

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 15 seconds later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,025

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/06/21/lulzsec-suspect-arrested-scotland-yard/

http://content.met.police.uk/News/eCrime-unit-arrest-man/1260269113895/1257246745756

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/LulzSec-Hacking-Group-Essex-Teenager-Suspected-Of-Being-Mastermind-Arrested/Article/201106316016027

(Edited 8 minutes later.)

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,026

I thought they would never be arrested. I'm curious what mistake they made and/or how they were caught. What kind of punishment would he see in the UK, I wonder?

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,027

Fuck. I liked those guys. :/

It's definitely a group, I wonder if more will be arrested. One guy seemed to be the most prominent member of Lulzsec, I think this was him

(Edited 1 minute later.)

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,028

Now it's there. :3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13859868

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,029

@137,026 (C)

Some guy has been trying to dox them all for a while. I think his name is some form of 'JESTER'. Looks like he succeeded.

Violates the Computer Misuse Act 1990. He's looking at around 6 months to 5 years. It will probably be the latter since there will be pressure from America.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,030

@previous (E)
> Looks like he succeeded.
No, he said it was a 21-year old from the US. That guy is an idiot.

(Edited 22 seconds later.)

Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,031

@previous (A)

Fair enough. The latter point still stands though.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 23 minutes later, 57 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,043

@137,029 (E)
This would seem to be the fellow. Correct?

Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 59 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #137,046

@previous (F)

Yeah that's the guy I read about.

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 39 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #137,056

What a shame, I've been enjoying their antics. I get the impression that there's quite a few of them, though, so they should keep going despite this.

Also, inb4 Dutchfag.

@137,028 (A)
> But LulzSec is said to have been planning to established itself as a rival to Anonymous, the hacking group embroiled in the WikiLeaks fallout.

lolno. They like to mock /b/, but they're not exactly trying to usurp anon as a whole. They're not really the same thing. I think the media only recognises the AnonOps side of Anonymous.

@137,022 (Tekamine !AnRbswGQv.)
What did you talk about?

(Edited 1 minute later.)

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #137,059

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> lolno. They like to mock /b/, but they're not exactly trying to usurp anon as a whole. They're not really the same thing.
Lulzsec even said so themselves. The media gets everything wrong about the internet and Anonymous anyway.
> What did you talk about?
I want to know too. The only call I heard was them talking about Pepperide Farm's Farmhouse bread. :')

(Edited 38 seconds later.)

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #137,060

@137,056 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> What a shame, I've been enjoying their antics. I get the impression that there's quite a few of them, though, so they should keep going despite this.
Me too, but I was kinda worried when they said they had stolen the 2011 UK census data. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communication-breakdown-10000030/lulzsec-threatens-to-post-uk-census-data-online-10022789/

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #137,062

@137,059 (A)
I'm surprised at the media's lack of knowledge. They don't seem to do much research beyond a few google searches.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 26 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,080

Or not. :')
> 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?
> 2 minutes ago
http://twitter.com/#!/lulzsec

Dreamworks LTD joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,083

@previous (A)
That could be a lie though

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,086

@previous (Dreamworks LTD)
How? Also it was apparently Ryan Cleary who was arested, the IRC guy who was doxxed in Pastebin last month.

Dreamworks LTD replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,087

@previous (A)
Well they say they are all here but they aren't ?

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,091

@previous (Dreamworks LTD)
I doubt it. I don't think Cleary had anything to do with Lulzsec.

Voice of !WisdomHsuU joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,124

Image went missing

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,126

@previous (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
He's not actually a member of LulzSec. umad?

Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,128

@previous (A)
> implying Cleary couldn't have been one of the members of LulzXDsec

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,129

@137,056 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
i am almost certain LulzSec are some anons making a name to draw negative attention away from anonymous; i saw this tactic being discussed in some IRC during the first sony raid.

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protip !!pMmAiEwOm joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 15 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,131

@previous (J)
Smart!

Nega !34Kas0OdzM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 20 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,135

@137,129 (J)
A variation of the old "eBaums did it" motto?

Anonymous J replied with this 15 years ago, 13 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,141

@previous (Nega !34Kas0OdzM)
an inversion, yes, instead of passing it off on an innocent party their focusing on being a scapegoat

Anonymous J double-posted this 15 years ago, 17 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,145

@previous (J)
*more effective

Anonymous C replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,146

@137,129 (J)
I don't think so. Even if it were true, it has not been very effective. The media is just trying to spin them off as "hacking groups" at "war". The way it's being portrayed by the media doesn't make any group seem any better or worse than the other.

(Edited 34 seconds later.)

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,148

@137,128 (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
> implying Cleary couldn't have been one of the members of LulzXDsec
He didn't. He just ran irc.lulzco.org

Anonymous J replied with this 15 years ago, 58 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,177

@137,146 (C)
perhaps, but i have been scanning news sites and found a decent number of "well at least Anonymous hasn't done __" sort of comments.
not sure if those comments were regular internet users, but whatever

Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #137,343

I'm guessing that Ryan joined LulzSec and was responsible for the CIA/SOCA DDOSes. LulzSec didn't initally have a botnet (just a few rooted servers for the 2600 attacks), Ryan does. We'll see if the DDoSes continue.

Anonymous M double-posted this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #138,158

More fun details:

Ryan's mother Rita, 44, said her son suffers from agoraphobia and attention deficit disorder and had not left his bedroom for four years.

The teenager attended Heath School, in Stanway, Colchester, a school for children with special needs, and is said to have constantly spoken in 'computer jargon'.

Police arrived at the house on Monday night and are said to have spent five hours talking to Ryan.

In his bedroom they found two computers with huge screens and an air conditioning unit to regulate the heat they generated.

Apart from a mass of computer data, his bedroom was like that of many teenage boys with photographs of scantily-clad women on the walls.

-Daily Mail

It was alleged last night that Mr Cleary was online in the middle of hacking when he was held. [Ryan's mother] added that, as he was led away by police, he told her he feared he would be extradited to America.

-Telegraph

Anonymous M triple-posted this 15 years ago, 17 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #138,682

Charged:
Cleary is charged with conspiring with other people on or before June 20 to create a remotely-controlled network of zombie computers, known as a "botnet", to carry out distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, where websites are flooded with traffic to make them crash.

He is accused of launching a DDoS attack on the Serious Organised Crime Agency's website on June 20.

The teenager is also alleged to have carried out similar attacks against the British Phonographic Industry's website on October 29 last year and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's website on November 28 last year.

-Independent

Fuck you Brian Wilson joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #138,687

@138,158 (M)
poor mom and son :(
i feel bad

Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,233

Lol on this website, a follow up...

> 'LULZ EXPOSED': ANTI HACKING WEBSITE POSTS DETAILS OF THOSETHEY CLAIM ARE BEHIND STRING OF ATTACKS

> By Oliver Tree

> They range in age from 16 to 34 and cover every corner of the globe from Canada to Brazil.
> corner of the globe
> Canada to Brazil
facepalm.jpg

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,239

@previous (O)
> Daily Mail
There's your problem.

Anonymous O replied with this 15 years ago, 37 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,241

@previous (A)
I know, but it's still funny.

ltamake !3vZ7A06glM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,265

@139,239 (A)
This.

I wonder how disappointed the authorities will be when they find out that Ryan just ran their IRC...

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,273

@previous (ltamake !3vZ7A06glM)
The authorities know that already, no doubt. It's the media that are getting all their facts wrong.

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,274

The whole "2011 Census Data Stolen!111" story was not real either, it was The Register that ran the story because they found a pastebin with an ASCII pirate ship (100% proof, right?) from someone pretending to be LulzSec, saying they had stolen it.

Anonymous Q joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 27 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,310

The British police are doing what they do best, arresting some kid and making an example of him, in the hope that it will scare everyone else. I'm just disappointed that this guy didn't properly secure his computer. He has been charged now, which means that he has either confessed or a police computer forensics expert has managed to find enough evidence on his computer.

If you're running a botnet or generally doing illegal shit, you need to use a decent VPN like http://perfect-privacy.com that doesn't keep logs, and encrypt your fucking hard drive with Truecrypt, storing anything related to illegal activity in a hidden operating system (because the British police and some others can send you to prison if you fail to provide encryption keys).

People like Ryan Cleary never expect the police to do anything. No-one ever does. Just secure your computer and internet connection if you break the law. This kid would have been released without charge by now if he covered his ass properly.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,315

@previous (Q)
They're just arresting the only person they can possibly find.
> I'm just disappointed that this guy didn't properly secure his computer. He has been charged now, which means that he has either confessed or a police computer forensics expert has managed to find enough evidence on his computer.
Apparently they searched his computer and found "mind-boggling amounts of information". I don't understand why he didn't take any steps to protect himself, either.

ltamake !3vZ7A06glM replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,317

@139,310 (Q)
Ipredator is a good VPN too.

protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,324

@139,310 (Q)
To4str detector: 80 percent chance

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 28 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,325

@previous (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
89%

protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,327

@previous (A)
87 percent

Anonymous Q replied with this 15 years ago, 21 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,337

Image went missing@139,315 (A)

> I don't understand why he didn't take any steps to protect himself, either.

At least if he was actually involved with "Lulzsec" I wouldn't be surprised, in their IRC channel for computer forensics (#secure), they recommend people use full disc encryption with the software Comodo (some shitty closed source garbage probably filled with government backdoors). If Ryan had used Comodo, and refused to provide the encryption keys to police, then he would have been going to prison anyway. However, if he kept everything illegal in a hidden operating system provided by Truecrypt, they wouldn't have been able to prove the existence of it and he couldn't be forced to give the password away. After pointing this out on their IRC channel, I was bombarded with stupid responses and idiots defending Comodo.

What "Lulzsec" know about computer forensics could be written on the back of a postage stamp.

@139,317 (ltamake !3vZ7A06glM)

Perfect-Privacy is much more appropriate for managing a sizable botnet.

Anonymous Q double-posted this 15 years ago, 36 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,363

@139,317 (ltamake !3vZ7A06glM)
> Ban Ipredator from Tinychan (a site that stores logs, has no SSL)
> Recommend people use Ipredator (for their entire internet connection)

No wonder people struggle to take you seriously.

ltamake !3vZ7A06glM replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,441

@previous (Q)
Sup to4str. Mad because I banned your trolling VPN? My ID, along with two others, is whitelisted. ^_^

Also,
> has no SSL
https://www.tinychan.org

...

To4str: he's just clueless.â„¢

(Edited 6 minutes later.)

protip !!pMmAiEwOm joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,451

@previous (ltamake !3vZ7A06glM)
> Mad because I banned your trolling VPN?
lolthis

Anonymous Q replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,486

Image went missingI spoke to Ryan (viraL) on Skype in 2008, over the space of about 2 months. I was conscious of people using packet sniffers to acquire my IP address, so one time he rings me on Skype and I didn't answer. I connected to a VPN and then he called me again. After talking to him for about 5 minutes, he starts reading off the host-names of everyone else in the call (there was me, him and a couple of his buddies, who, judging by their accents were Dutch). Anyway I appear to have annoyed him, he took down the VPN I was using for a few minutes. The VPN only consisted of a couple servers (most do) and he could easily keep it down with the strength of his botnet. His name, address and phone number have been floating around for a long time, I guess after about 3 years of his dox being common knowledge be became fearless and a victim of his own ego. He was behind the Chanapocalypse in 2008 with Pacifico and some other of his clusterfuck friends from Raidchan. The Chanapocalypse was blamed on AnonTalk, and a lot of people (myself included) blasted Kimmo with packets in retaliation, until we realized who was really responsible. Anyway, Ryan is a dickhead and brought all of this on himself. He doesn't know how to interact with people. The fact that he was too pigheaded and operated a botnet with thousands of zombies, without encrypting his hard drive and hiding all the evidence, while his dox were public, demonstrates his idiocy. I very much doubt he had any real involvement with LulzSec. The media never research things properly.

@139,441 (ltamake !3vZ7A06glM)

I just posted a couple of well written replies and you banned Ipredator. There is no point in using a VPN if I have to give you my IP address and get whitelisted first.

ltamake !3vZ7A06glM replied with this 15 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,493

@previous (Q)
> well-written replies
> "to4str's IRL facebook found!"

Keep on trolling.

Also to4str's on IRC for you to4str enthusiasts. :3

ltamake !3vZ7A06glM double-posted this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #139,498

Image went missingHe left. :(

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 16 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,296

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6490796/Chinga_La_Migra

We are releasing hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals,
personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords
belonging to Arizona law enforcement. We are targeting AZDPS specifically
because we are against SB1070 and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police
state that is Arizona.

The documents classified as "law enforcement sensitive", "not for public
distribution", and "for official use only" are primarily related to border
patrol and counter-terrorism operations and describe the use of informants to
infiltrate various gangs, cartels, motorcycle clubs, Nazi groups, and protest
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Every week we plan on releasing more classified documents and embarassing
personal details of military and law enforcement in an effort not just to reveal
their racist and corrupt nature but to purposefully sabotage their efforts to
terrorize communities fighting an unjust "war on drugs".

Hackers of the world are uniting and taking direct action against our common
oppressors - the government, corporations, police, and militaries of the world.

Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,298

@previous (A)
Wow. I can't believe that LulzSec is finally doing something productive, rather than pissing off gamers.

protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 6 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,302

@previous (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
Your disbelief is just an emotion you’re experiencing to address the fact that you’re just a stupid motherfucker.

Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 15 seconds later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,303

@140,296 (A)
@140,298 (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)
Yeah, and now there's going to be an internal struggle within the group, because some people want to do something productive and change the world, and other people will say that it's supposed to be strictly for the lulz and that politics and rights movements shouldn't be a part of it. This internal struggle will weaken them, and eventually lead to a fissure/downfall, just like pretty much every other hacker group we've seen.

Voice of !WisdomHsuU replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,305

@140,302 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)

> you’re just a stupid motherfucker.
Says the Leftist.

protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 12 seconds later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,306

@140,303 (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
Excellent observation, sir.

Anonymous M replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,308

@previous (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
I hope that's sarcasm.

Falco !PZmcClOUDk joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,314

@137,124 (Voice of !WisdomHsuU)

>

I've always been fond of that picture.

protip !!pMmAiEwOm replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,316

@140,308 (M)
No. Serious. Please provide a rebuttal and/or your views and/or continue this obnoxious shit in which everything Broseph posts is critiqued to hell like the whiny cunt you are ;-)

Anonymous U joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,333

@140,303 (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
> This internal struggle will weaken them, and eventually lead to a fissure/downfall, just like pretty much every other hacker group we've seen.
Yeah, that seems to be how it plays out usually.

> other people will say that it's supposed to be strictly for the lulz
I really wonder about the "lulz iz srs bsns" crowd sometimes though.

cue the hacker music

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 12 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,737

@140,303 (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
I don't see that happening in LulzSec; they don't care about being productive or changing the world/ That press statement wasn't written by LulzSec anyway, it was written by Anonymous, or a group related to them: http://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/84075440024719361

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,753

@140,303 (Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4)
I doubt it. Broadly soeaking, all they want to do is prove that most security isn't good enough. I doubt they care too much about how or even why they do it.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,756

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
For the lulz. :3

Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #140,762

http://pastebin.com/XDXyQ5KQ

Anonymous A (OP) triple-posted this 15 years ago, 1 day later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #142,577

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6495523/50_Days_of_Lulz
http://pastebin.com/1znEGmHa
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