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The authorities have arrested Cody Kretsinger, aged 23 from Arizona. He has been charged with conspiracy and the unauthorised impairment of a protected computer in conjunction with an attack in May and June.
Reuters have reported that Kretsinger was arrested yesterday by the FBI. He was apparently a member of Lulzsec – the well known group of hackers who have been targeting businesses and organisations this year. The indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Los Angeles.
Kretsinger, who used the name ‘Recursion' probed into the Sony Inc. computer systems for vulnerabilities and stole confidential data, which was later posted on a LulzSec website and on the groups Twitter account.
LulzSec are known now to be affiliated with Anonymous, another high profile hacking organisation. They have made very public statements challenging the FBI and they posted a joint ‘security statement' in July.
If Kretsinger is convicted, he could spend up to 15 years in jail according to the FBI report.
The case is U.S. v. Kretsinger, 11-848, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).
Kitguru says: Will this effect their operations?
So he could be basically 40 by the time he gets out? ouch.
Oh cool, so for a nonviolent crime he gets sent to prison longer than those who kill someone etc. How nice, ow wait what the hell? that makes sense right? No? No real surprise just shows how fucked up the great “system” is.
Law is not about justice. It is about control and revenge.
15 years for making the US gov and FBI look stupid.
give him 30. he was a tool.