LulzSec hacker pleads guilty to Sony Picture website attack April 6, 2012 - 17:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Almost a year later, former LulzSec member Cody "Recursion" Kretsinger pleads guilty to hacking Sony Pictures website, Tom’s Guide reported. In a deal with prosecutors, 24-year-old former LulzSec member Cody "Recursion" Kretsinger on Thursday, April 5 pleaded guilty in a California federal court to one count of conspiracy and one count of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer. The news arrives after LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu, ratted out the other members to the FBI, leading to arrests and LulzSec's initial elimination. Back in May and June of 2011, just after hackers broke into the PlayStation Network, Kretsinger and the other LulzSec members launched an SQL injection attack on the Sony Pictures Entertainment website, stealing personal information of thousands of people. Sony said the attack caused over $600,000 in damages which was presented as evidence to the court by Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Vandevelde. Kretsinger was arrested back in September 2011 while residing in Arizona, and was not part of the recent dismantling of LulzSec by the FBI. The nine-page indictment issued by a federal grand jury said that he not only helped break into the Sony website, but also helped load the data online which contained the names, birth dates, addresses, emails, phone numbers and passwords of thousands of people who had entered contests promoted by Sony. LulzSec and its parent hactivist group Anonymous surfaced back in 2010 to launch a cyber war in retaliation for attempts to shut down the Wikileaks website. Since then, both have attacked websites mostly with DDoS methods to protest against various causes. LulzSec leaned more towards actual hacking and dumping sensitive data on the internet for public access. Kretsinger's plea agreement is currently under seal, but Vandevelde told Reuters that Kretsinger will likely receive substantially less than the maximum 15-year prison sentence. Actual sentencing doesn't take place until July 26.   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia  Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28.Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia.Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports.Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |
