British police arrest 19-year-old over cyberattacks on Sony, CIA website

According to the group they took down a person that ran a chat server that the group used to chat on.

Cyber punks need to be punished hard, make an example of this geek and give him 50 years hard labour then see if these other fleas are still keen to hack .

These cyber terrorists deserve the same treatment as the real ones. Let a few get a midnight visit from the Navy SEALs and a loving "double tap"

Great high jinx and a way to get back at the big boy filth that control society these days.

19 years old? I'd bet money, that they'll make an example of him in public then turn around and put him to work. If he is in fact the brains of the operation. They can't let hackers that smart be out there on the run where they might be recruited by terrorist organizations.

At this point, it appears these have been mere intrusions. I'm not sure, don't have all the details. I am sure that these kids are worth a lot of money. Better to pay em, keep em on our side.

This will be like the Gary McKinnon case all over again. A decade fighting US pressure for extradition where they can give him 50 years, cause in the UK he'd get a slap on the wrist and that's probably all he needs.

more fuel on the evil crime ridden foreigners story for the Japanese who of course didnt need to think about security and evil people so much when left to themselves.

more fuel on the evil crime ridden foreigners story for the Japanese who of course didnt need to think about security and evil people so much when left to themselves.

Enough paranoia@888naff. People who abuse the open architecture of the Internet are contemptible, irrespective of the nationalities of the victims or the perpetrators. A fitting punishment for this 19-year-old jerk would be to never allow him to touch a computer until his hair turns gray.

Hackers should probably may hay while the sun is shining because it's only a matter of time before hacking is described as a weapon of mass destruction and these guys will receive sentences that make murderers look like choir boys.

There was a time when hackers were the good guys, and crackers were the bad guys. Where are we now?

He will never serve any prison sentence. The government will just ask this 19 year old to work for them. Have him hack into China's computers...

If they put him in jail, they will hack the jail system and open all the doors for everyone to walk out.

Although I do not support their actions, I find these groups extremely useful. The damages they cause are very small compared to those which "real" criminals and secret services around the world are causing. Finally network security has moved into the spotlight and companies as well as governments are starting to take it as serious as they should have done since long time.

gonemad.

Stealing info of 1-mil+ from a site and also reselling info they stole as wwel as data from goverment sites is good. Their usefulness don't extend beyond their own wallets and interests. You truly think they only work to expose flaws with no kick-backs/funding for them.

Guess you been asleep for the last 40yrs when "crackers"(original terms) hacked the internet.

News flash, Robin Hood never exists it is a myth.

I bothers me that most hackers are perverts not gentlemen.

Zenny, I don't really mind about their motives. What I can see is that they have not caused any serious damage - yet. I'm not aware that they sold any of the information they obtained. But again, that is all not relevant from my point of view. What is important for me is that instead of only some engineers it is now the decision makers becoming aware that network security should not be treated as a third-rate issue.

poor kid

Gonemad.

That is fine. Do some more research they are ready to shutdown ANY(repeat ANY) goverment agency in the world. They can do right now way more damage to a country than Al Quaida ever dreamed about in their best wet-dreams.

Choose the blue or the red Pill?

These people expose the weak security of companies and Governments. It is their duty to spend enough time, effort and cash to make sure informtion is protected. Those who should be punished are those who fail to ensure they are secure.

steve@CPFC.

They might expose weak security but how to they fund themselves? Their hardware/expertise/etc costs plenty of money.

How about them taking now requests for hitting any target?

Laughed how they claimed we will counter-attack a hacker after an attack, if the company will just give them all their details(we hacked bigger targets less than a week ago) to hack them.

Come on guys get real.

They already shut down and infiltrated multiple sites that are said to be the best protected on this globe.

Sure they are benign .... haah ... they are open for offers to the biggest reward.

The real cyber-war is only starting now and as I said before Gibsons nailed it 100% in his books.

Do some more research they are ready to shutdown ANY(repeat ANY) goverment agency in the world. They can do right now way more damage to a country than Al Quaida ever dreamed about in their best wet-dreams.

Zenny, first of all, they cannot shutdown any government agency they like as you write. What they can do is a DoS on most (not all!) government or corporate website. That is no serious threat, as the worst which can happen is that the site is down for a limited time. No data gets "lost". They can break into some sites, which is the serious threat. Here we can see how vulnerable many important sites are.

I do not want to defend these groups. Not at all. But I still prefer that the responsible people become aware of the size of the threat through some "fun" hackers than through serious attacks by Al Qaida or whoever else.

gonemad.

Your read what they did do the Arizona's Police Data Files, etc also their goals and aims are interesting they are no longer out to "hi-lite" weak securities.

Problem is that many of those groups are run by rather radical-minded people that have their own agenda.

Makes me wonder how wikileaks gained access to some of their data?

I hope police arrests more of them because hacking is illegal.