Teens Arrested as Members of Lizard Squad
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 10/07/2016 10:07 AM
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Zachary Buchta, of Fallston, Maryland, and Bradley Jan Willem van Rooy, of Leiden, the Netherlands, have been arrested last month by law enforcement authorities in the United States and the Netherlands. Both are suspected of being members of the hacking team Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp.
If convicted of the charge of conspiracy to cause damage to protected computers, they could face a prison term of 10 years.
They are both suspected of facilitating DDoS attacks as well as trafficking in stolen credit card data. The gangs are thought to be behind the DDoS attacks against the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, EA, and Blizzard.
The DDoS attacks were discussed in a Twitter account with other members of the Lizard Squad and from those conversations, authorities were able to trace the account back to a residence belonging to Buchta.
Van Rooy didn't even try to hide his IP address. In a Twitter message, he even went so far as to disclose his location as being above a police station. He thought that even if they did trace him, they would consider it just a prank.
It is unclear as to their future as a teen was convicted on fraud and harassment charges last year and only received a suspended sentence.
Source: Security Week
If convicted of the charge of conspiracy to cause damage to protected computers, they could face a prison term of 10 years. They are both suspected of facilitating DDoS attacks as well as trafficking in stolen credit card data. The gangs are thought to be behind the DDoS attacks against the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, EA, and Blizzard.
The DDoS attacks were discussed in a Twitter account with other members of the Lizard Squad and from those conversations, authorities were able to trace the account back to a residence belonging to Buchta.
Van Rooy didn't even try to hide his IP address. In a Twitter message, he even went so far as to disclose his location as being above a police station. He thought that even if they did trace him, they would consider it just a prank.
It is unclear as to their future as a teen was convicted on fraud and harassment charges last year and only received a suspended sentence.
Source: Security Week
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