LulzSec hacking duo plead guilty to string of attacks against US and UK websites

Two members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang, accused of attacking high profile websites belonging to the likes of the CIA, Pentagon, US Senate. The Sun, Sony, PBS and the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), have pleaded guilty in court to some of the charges against them.

18-year-old Jake Davis (known as “Topiary”) and 19-year-old Ryan Cleary appeared in the dock of Southwark Crown Court to enter guilty pleas to charges under the Criminal Law Act…

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