Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 United Kingdom human linked to the notorious hacking group, Lizard Squad, that claimed responsibleness for knocking Sony’s PlayStation Network as well as Microsoft’s Xbox Live offline on Christmas Day has been arrested past times the United Kingdom police.
Lizard Squad launched simultaneous Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks against the largest online gaming networks, Xbox Live as well as PlayStation Network, on Dec. 25, 2014. Then offered to sell its ain Lizard-branded DDoS-for-hire tool called Lizard Stresser.
SECOND ARREST
As component of an investigation, the United Kingdom Regional Organised Crime Unit, inwards collaboration amongst the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), convey arrested an eighteen twelvemonth one-time teenager inwards Southport, almost Liverpool, United Kingdom on Fri morning, as well as seized his electronic as well as digital devices equally well.
So far, this is the 2nd arrest made inwards connecter to the railroad train on afterward Thames Valley Police arrested a 22-year old, named Vinnie Omari, also believed to convey been an alleged fellow member of Lizard Squad group, spell raiding his London home. Law enforcement officials reportedly seized phones, laptops as well as an Xbox from his home.
JOINT EFFORT
Recent arrest was component of a articulation functioning betwixt officers from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) as well as the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), supported past times the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU), though it also worked closely amongst the FBI for the broader operation.
"We are withal at the early on stages of the investigation as well as in that place is withal much operate to locomote done. We volition proceed to operate closely amongst the FBI to position those to who commit offences as well as concur them to account," said Craig Jones, caput of the cyber criminal offence unit of measurement at SEROCU.
SWATTING
The South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) said inwards a contention that the human of late arrested is also suspected of 'Swatting' — that is, knowingly providing faux data to law enforcement agencies past times "suggesting that a threat exists at a item place then that police pull reply amongst tactical units."
SEROCU has revealed that it swooped inwards on an 18-year-old human Fri morning, who lived inwards the pocket-size seaside town of Southport, which is almost Liverpool. The teenager was arrested on suspicion of the next criminal offence charges:
- Unauthorized access to estimator cloth reverse to Section 1 of Computer Misuse Act 1990.
- Unauthorized access amongst intent to commit farther offences reverse to Section 2 of Computer Misuse Act 1990.
- Threats to kill reverse to Section sixteen of Offenses Against the Person Act 1861.
So far, it is unclear whether the unnamed suspect arrested is a fellow member of the Lizard Squad hacker collective.
In the past times few months, Lizard Squad hackers grouping has come upward up equally an infamous hacking scheme past times claiming responsibleness for unopen to high-profile DDoS attacks against the pop gaming networks, including EA games, Destiny as well as Xbox Live. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 DDoS railroad train on essentially overwhelms a targeted network amongst also much of bogus spider web traffic, causing the network to crash as well as making it inaccessible for legitimate users.
In this case, the lawsuit of the DDoS railroad train on meant that Sony’s PlayStation Network as well as Microsoft’s Xbox Live gamers couldn't access the online services.
