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Scotland Yard Nabs Alleged Hactivist Spokesman

Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:13
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 Scotland Yard's cybercrime unit has arrested a teenager it suspects of working as the spokesman for the Lulz Security hacking collective, officials said Wednesday.

The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested a 18-year-old at an address in Scotland's remote Shetland Islands, the force said in a statement. His name wasn't released, but police said he was believed to be "Topiary," one of LulzSec's most prominent members.

Police originally gave his age as 19 but later issued a correction.

LulzSec shot to prominence in May with attacks on the U.S. Public Broadcasting Service — whose website it defaced by posting a bogus story claiming that the late rapper Tupac Shakur had been discovered alive in New Zealand. MORE

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