Alleged Sony Entertainment Computer Hacker From LulzSec Arrested by FBI

[The Northerner]

An alleged member of the LulzSec hacking group was arrested by the FBI on charges he broke into Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.’s computer systems in May and June.

Cody Kretsinger, of Phoenix, was arrested today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in an e-mailed statement. Kretsinger, 23, belonged to Lulz Security, or LulzSec, a group of “elite computer hackers” that undertook cyber attacks on the computer systems of businesses and government entities in the U.S. and around the world, according to an indictment unsealed today in federal court in Los Angeles.

Kretsinger, who used the alias “Recursion,” and other unidentified hackers probed the Sony Inc. unit’s computer systems for vulnerabilities and obtained confidential information that was posted on a LulzSec website and on the group’s twitter account, according to the indictment.

LulzSec is affiliated with an international hackers group called “Anonymous,” the FBI said in the statement.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-22/fbi-arrests-phoenix-man-for-allegedly-hacking-sony-computers.html

[ChandlerJr]

1. I realize it's only an arrest at this point and nobody has been found guilty

But how in the hell does an “elite computer hacker” even get tracked down and detained by the stodgy, old, stumble bum FBI anyhow?

How embarrassing. I'll bet he loses his hacker card.

[Poll_Blind]

2. I'll explain how. A 23 year old is hanging out in an IRC channel...

...when a person relays (fourth hand) that the PSN network has been compromised and gives them the address of the entry point and anything else that's relevant. At least, that's what they read on 4Chan. Then, the 23 year old spends approximately three and a half minutes moving around through a directory tree filled with files they don't understand. Just as the clock ticks closer to the four minute mark, they start to freak out and leave.

They shower, apply way too much Axe body spray, and head out for a night on the town. A few days later, they begin bragging that they hacked Sony. Since nobody really gives a shit, they decide they'll put it on their Facebook page and get more attention.

And they do.

PB

[ChandlerJr]

3. Maybe that explains the inept and laughable 'Day of Vengeance'

on Wall Street.

Good luck to them, think I'll pass on this one.



Geniuses, SMDH