A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of
dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA
and other agencies have been to jail terms.
Two British hackers have pleaded guilty in a London court to
plotting attacks against computers of international firms,
law enforcement bodies and government agencies including the
CIA, in a cyber crime spree that gained global attention.
Scotland Yard's cybercrime unit has arrested a teenager it
suspects of working as the spokesman for the Lulz Security
hacking collective, officials say.
A member of a publicity-seeking hacker group that sabotaged
websites over the past two months and has announced it is
dissolving itself says his group wasn't disbanding under
pressure from the FBI or enemy hackers.
A group that boasts of successfully hacking Sony and the CIA
website in recent months has claimed to have hacked into the
computer files of an Arizona law enforcement agency.