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LOCKED away in his darkened bedroom for hours on end, Ryan Cleary appeared to his family a reclusive geek merely hooked on computer games.
But the 19-year-old is now at the centre of astonishing claims he was behind feared global hacking group LulzSec that has targeted the CIA, the US Senate and Britain’s Serious *Organised Crime Agency.
And the first his mum Rita knew about the accusations was when police and FBI agents swooped on their unassuming home in *Wickford, Essex, to arrest him.
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Stunned Rita, 44 – who suffers from agoraphobia – said last night: “Ryan lives his life online.
“I thought he was playing computer games in his room. I can’t believe it. He rarely left the house.
“I asked him what he was doing and he said he was playing games. Maybe I was naive to believe him.”
Cleary’s brother, Mitchell, 22, added: “It’s shocking. I have not got a clue what’s happening. He’s not the sort to do anything mad. He stays in his room, you’ll be lucky if he opens the blinds. I think someone has a grudge against him.”
Cleary was last night being quizzed at a Central London police station. He was arrested after weeks of intelligence gathering.
Met e-crimes officers seized his computer in Monday’s raid. A spokesman said: “Searches led to the examination of a *significant amount of material.” Cleary could now face extradition to the US.
Neighbour Dorothy Rounce told how she heard the raid. She said: “I looked out and saw a big car driving away with him in it.”
Soca temporarily took its website offline after it was hacked on Monday. LulzSec said it was *responsible. The murky group has also claimed it breached security at Nintendo and Sony. It was believed to have initially targeted only US broadcasters, including PBS and Fox, and gaming firms.
But it recently threatened to break into government websites and leak secret documents.
The group last night tried to distance itself from Cleary. It said: “The police arrested someone who is, at best, mildly *associated with us. Lame.”
Timeline;
APRIL 29: Fox Broadcasting hacked. Hundreds of emails and passwords accessed. Lulzsec claims responsibility.
MAY 29: US public TV station PBS is hacked and false story claiming rapper Tupac Shakur – shot dead in 1996 – is actually alive is placed on its homepage.
JUNE 2: Breaks into Sony’s intranet and post private details of more than a million people online.
JUNE 8: Hackers gain access to NHS passwords. Lulzsec claimed it accessed a system handling sensitive patient data. Lulzec said: “We mean you no harm and only want to help you fix tech issues.”
JUNE 16: Public website of the US Central Intelligence Agency crashed after Lulzsec said it launched an attack.
JUNE 20: Claim it was behind attack that suspended Serious and Organised Crime Agency site.
JUNE 21: Lulzsec denies claims it stole the entire 2011 census database. Ryan Cleary, an alleged member of the group, is arrested.
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LOCKED away in his darkened bedroom for hours on end, Ryan Cleary appeared to his family a reclusive geek merely hooked on computer games.
But the 19-year-old is now at the centre of astonishing claims he was behind feared global hacking group LulzSec that has targeted the CIA, the US Senate and Britain’s Serious *Organised Crime Agency.
And the first his mum Rita knew about the accusations was when police and FBI agents swooped on their unassuming home in *Wickford, Essex, to arrest him.
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Stunned Rita, 44 – who suffers from agoraphobia – said last night: “Ryan lives his life online.
“I thought he was playing computer games in his room. I can’t believe it. He rarely left the house.
“I asked him what he was doing and he said he was playing games. Maybe I was naive to believe him.”
Cleary’s brother, Mitchell, 22, added: “It’s shocking. I have not got a clue what’s happening. He’s not the sort to do anything mad. He stays in his room, you’ll be lucky if he opens the blinds. I think someone has a grudge against him.”
Cleary was last night being quizzed at a Central London police station. He was arrested after weeks of intelligence gathering.
Met e-crimes officers seized his computer in Monday’s raid. A spokesman said: “Searches led to the examination of a *significant amount of material.” Cleary could now face extradition to the US.
Neighbour Dorothy Rounce told how she heard the raid. She said: “I looked out and saw a big car driving away with him in it.”
Soca temporarily took its website offline after it was hacked on Monday. LulzSec said it was *responsible. The murky group has also claimed it breached security at Nintendo and Sony. It was believed to have initially targeted only US broadcasters, including PBS and Fox, and gaming firms.
But it recently threatened to break into government websites and leak secret documents.
The group last night tried to distance itself from Cleary. It said: “The police arrested someone who is, at best, mildly *associated with us. Lame.”
Timeline;
APRIL 29: Fox Broadcasting hacked. Hundreds of emails and passwords accessed. Lulzsec claims responsibility.
MAY 29: US public TV station PBS is hacked and false story claiming rapper Tupac Shakur – shot dead in 1996 – is actually alive is placed on its homepage.
JUNE 2: Breaks into Sony’s intranet and post private details of more than a million people online.
JUNE 8: Hackers gain access to NHS passwords. Lulzsec claimed it accessed a system handling sensitive patient data. Lulzec said: “We mean you no harm and only want to help you fix tech issues.”
JUNE 16: Public website of the US Central Intelligence Agency crashed after Lulzsec said it launched an attack.
JUNE 20: Claim it was behind attack that suspended Serious and Organised Crime Agency site.
JUNE 21: Lulzsec denies claims it stole the entire 2011 census database. Ryan Cleary, an alleged member of the group, is arrested.
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