LulzSec alleged leader helps FBI arrest hackers

Original author: Tom Spring
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On Tuesday morning, key members of a hacker group known as LulzSec were arrested. According to information from Foxnews.com, the authorities were assisted by Hector Xavier, a man who is considered the leader of the group.

Five members of the group were arrested - two from London and Ireland, and one from Chicago. LulzSec is a kind of "branch" of those same Anonymous. Both groups were accused of hacking CIA, FBI, Sony and government sites in the UK and Mexico.


Hector Xavier Monsegour. Exclusive photo by Foxnews.com

To date, the US Department of Justice has scheduled several press conferences to tell the suffering public more about what happened.

At the disposal of the Associated Press were several court documents, according to which Xavier is accused of carrying out hacking activities as part of a group of persons. According to AP, Hector was a member of Anonymous, Lulz Security, and Internet Feds. Hector's activities came down to identifying weaknesses in computer systems; he identified potential targets for hacking.

The direct participation (according to the same court documents) Hector tried breaking into the resources of the following companies: Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, HBGary ( approx .: pens. This is some local PSA 's these guys ), Fox Broadcasting, Tribune. The resources of the governments of Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen and Zimbabwe were also affected.

Foxnews: Xavier has been cooperating with the FBI since June 2011, when the feds allegedly exposed him and made an offer that he couldn’t refuse. Hector Xavier Monsegur was hiding under the pseudonym Sabu, he is 28 years old, he has two children, he is unemployed from a suburb of New York. In August 2011, he pleaded guilty to certain counts.

And here are the names of the five arrested on Tuesday:

1. Ryan Ackroyd aka Kayla , London.
2. Jake Davis aka Topiary , London.
3. Darren Martin aka pwnsauce , Ireland
4. Doncha O`Serbnail aka palladium , Ireland.
5. Jeremy Hammond aka Anarchaos , Chicago.

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