LulzSec hackers plead guilty, admit attacks on CIA, SOCA, Sony and others

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Southwark Crown Court in London has heard that three members of the LulzSec hacking gang have chosen to plead guilty to charges that they launched distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against a series of organisations including the CIA and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

The LulzSec hacking gang, a splinter group from the Anonymous hacktivist movement, managed to gain enormous media coverage for their series of attacks during 2011.

Jake Davis (known by his internet handle of "Topiary") and 18-year-old Mustafa Al-Bassam ("Tflow") pleaded guilty to flooding the law enforcement agencies' websites with internet traffic, as well as those of Sony, News International and the controversial Westboro Baptist Church.

Read more: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/09/lulzsec-topiary-jake-davis-tflow/
 
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