Teen arrested on suspicion of hacking in U.K.; LulzSec denies he's a member

A 19-year old has been arrested in London on suspicion of taking part in Web attacks against businesses and government agencies on Tuesday.

Shortly after, the arrest was made public by the U.K.'s Metropolitan Police, the hacker group LulzSec said on Twitter that the teenager isn't a member of its ranks.

"Seems the glorious leader of LulzSec got arrested, it's all over now... wait... we're all still here!," the LulzSec tweet read. "Which poor bastard did they take down?"

In an online statement of their own, the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) said it had arrested the as yet unnamed 19-year-old "in a pre-planned intelligence-led operation" with help from Essex Police and the U.S.'s Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"The arrest follows an investigation into network intrusions and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against a number of international business and intelligence agencies by what is believed to be the same hacking group," the PCeU said.

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/06/19-year-old-arrested-for-suspicion-of-hacking-in-uk-lulzsec-denies-hes-one-of-them.html

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