LulzSec (Anonymous)

LulzSec , short for Lulz Security, is a hacker collective that has pulled quite a few grand cyberattacks, taking high-profile and big-name websites down whilst gathering up a plethora of passwords and account info, among other things. Last year, the FBI brought the group down with the aid of its...

More members of the LulzSec group thought to be responsible for cyber attacks on Sony, the NHS and News International have pled guilty to computer hacking charges. At Southwark Crown Court in the UK, Ryan Akroyd, 26, admitted to being part of the group admitted one count of carrying out an...

Hacker to be sentenced next month A 26-year-old British man pleaded guilty to one count of computer hacking today after admitting he was a member of Anonymous splinter group LulzSec.…

Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis, and Mustafa al-Bassam all admitted to plotting to hack Sony, 20th Century Fox, Nintendo, and other organizations in 2011. [Read more]

Three members of hacking group LulzSec have pleaded guilty to a series of hacks or DDoS attacks in 2011, including prominent hacker "Kayla." LulzSec, loosely affiliated with the Anonymous banner, was eviscerated last year after member Hector Xavier Monsegur was revealed to be working undercover...

Jake Davis and Mustafa Al-Bassam in the dock

Aurich Lawson LONDON—On the day his trial was due to start, Anonymous member Ryan "kayla" Ackroyd, 26, of Doncaster, UK, entered a guilty plea on one count of "conspiring to do an unauthorized act to impair the operation of a computer or computers." Ackroyd cut a forlorn figure as he stood alone in...

Authorities postpone hearing for Hector Xavier Monsegur, also known as "Sabu," who faces a maximum 124 year jail term for his role in LulzSec hack attacks. [Read more]

Authorities postpone hearing for Hector Xavier Monsegur, also known as `Sabu,' who faces maximum 124 year jail term for his role in LulzSec hack attacks. [Read more]

Alleged LulzSec hacker and political activist Jeremy Hammond issued a statement from a New York jail on Thursday, comparing his own case to that of deceased hacker Aaron Swartz , and stressing the need for radical reforms to cybersecurity law. The letter follows the Thursday morning revelation that...