The U.K.’s Metropolitan Police Service arrested a 19-year-old man in the Shetland Islands who is believed to be “Topiary.” a spokesman for the hacktivist groups Anonymous and LulzSec. Another 17-year-old male is being interviewed under caution in connection with the inquiry. He has not been arrested.
Earlier on Wednesday, LulzSec issued a communiqué blasting PayPal, as well as the FBI, while claiming that the group’s activity is not comparable to malicious botnets and should not be considered a cyber crime.http://bit.ly/mUVhpq
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