[AusNOG] Fwd: LulzSec Leader Arrested in Sydney - One of our own

[Matt Perkins]

I feel bad about this whole mess. Firstly there is a young guy who like 
some of us here may have had an ego and done something stupid when they 
were young. The consequences for this bloke are likely Jail. A place 
that likely does not fit well with a young geek + all the pitfalls and 
hurdles he will face appon release etc.

Secondly you need to feel sorry for the people he worked with and the 
people his "hack's" effected. Some of these people. It didn't just ruin 
there day.  It may have lost them a job. An opportunity or even a 
business. Stuff that may also effect there life for a long time, 
Insurance premiums (PI) loss of good will etc.  For all of those that 
say well spend more time on security and you will be safe. Well. Good 
luck to you. I hope you never get pushed on a dead line or just cock up.

Who I dont feel sorry for are the guys that never get cought. That are 
not doing this for a laugh or a joke or to big note themselves.  They 
are the ones makeing millions off toll fraud & cc fraud and costing our 
sector millions more each day. These guys are the real guys that the AFP 
should go after.  But they are in the too hard basket.

My thoughts are with the alleged hacker and his victim's today. There 
are no winners here.

Matt.



(to use a  On 25/04/13 2:05 PM, Tim March wrote: T
>
> He worked for Content Security who were apparently contracted to 
> provide support on behalf of Tenable, see links...
>
>     http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/340988,sydneys-lulzsec-hacker-named.aspx?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=SC+Magazine+All+Articles+feed 
>
>
>     http://www.tenable.com/blog/our-company-our-mission-bringing-cybercriminals-to-justice 
>
>
> Not sure where the whole LulzSec thing came from - the group has been 
> largely disbanded since Sabu got nailed and assisted the FBI taking 
> down other key players.
>
> aush0k (Flannery) is reasonably well known in local troll/skiddy 
> circlies and the knowledge I have is that the LulzSec association 
> thing is crap. Someone sent me these links, which were posted a couple 
> of weeks before the arrest...
>
>     http://pastebin.com/buqMxcvs
>
>     http://pastebin.com/BJTPFhHA
>
> I'm currently working on the theory that he got doxed by someone he'd 
> pissed off and they reported him to AFP.
>
> 2c.
>
>
>
>
> T.
>
> On 25/04/13 11:27 AM, Narelle wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 25, 2013 7:11 AM, "James Hodgkinson" <yaleman at ricetek.net
>> <mailto:yaleman at ricetek.net>> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > That, and the guy worked as a support staffer for Nessus... which
>> means he'd likely be running scans on these systems day by day.
>>
>> Not according to his ex-employer:
>>
>> "He was a low-level support tech who was on a three-month probation,"
>> Wurth said. "He had no access to any type of customer data apart from
>> support tickets. That will be cleared up with the AFP."
>>
>> From:
>>
>> IT security firm names Sydney's 'LulzSec' itNews
>> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/340983,it-security-firm-names-sydneys-lulzsec-hacker.aspx 
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Narelle
>>
>>
>>
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