Australian Federal Police Arrest LulzSec Hacking Group Leader
The Australian Federal Police arrested, Matthew Flannery, a 24 year old man this Tuesday in the town of Point Clare.The man arrested is known by 'Aush0k' online and is the leader of the hacking group Lulzsec.The hacker is responsible for defacing government websites.The police said in a press conference that Flannery took advantage of known exploit to penetrate website and once in,he added a backdoor so that he can get access later.Matthew is a support technician at IT security provider Content Security.
Manager Cyber Crime Operations Commander Glen McEwen said “Those thinking of engaging in such activities should be warned that hacking, creating or propagating malicious viruses or participating in Distributed Denial of Service attacks are not harmless fun,”
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Manager Cyber Crime Operations Commander Glen McEwen said “Those thinking of engaging in such activities should be warned that hacking, creating or propagating malicious viruses or participating in Distributed Denial of Service attacks are not harmless fun,”
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