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‘LulzSec suspect’ arrested by New Scotland Yard

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Jun

2011

New Scotland Yard has confirmed that it has arrested a 19-year old suspected hacker in Essex, UK, in connection with a series of hacks and denial-of-service attacks against a number of organisations. It is being widely speculated that the arrest is in connection with the high-profile attacks by the LulzSec hacking group, which has claimed […]

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SOCA website scalp claimed by LulzSec in apparent DDoS attack

21

Jun

2011

SOCA, the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency, appears to have become the latest casualty of the LulzSec hacking group as its website was sporadically inaccessible today.In an echo of the announcement LulzSec made about its attack on the CIA’s website, a message on Twitter announced the news of the denial-of-service attack in simple terms: Tango […]

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Japan makes virus creation illegal

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Jun

2011

People who write or deliberately spread malware can expect to be fined or receive up to three years in prison, under laws enacted by the Japanese parliament today. Up until now, you could only expect to feel your collar felt by the computer crime authorities in Japan if the malware you had created had caused […]

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