Quote:A British teenager suspected of masterminding computer hacking attacks on the CIA, the U.S. Senate and Sony from his bedroom was yesterday arrested.
Ryan Cleary, 19, was detained at his family's home in Essex in a dramatic swoop following a joint inquiry by Scotland Yard and the FBI.
This morning it was revealed the FBI seized servers in Virginia, run by Swiss web hosting company DigitalOne, around the time Cleary was arrested - suggesting the net was already closing in on the group.

Cleary was held hours after the UK's serious crime unit came under online siege from LulzSec.

Quote:Britain's top policeman has today described the arrest of the teenager as "very significant".
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson refused to comment on the details of the case, but said: 'It's a very significant arrest.'

'The challenges around cyber crime are extraordinarily significant and deeply worrying,' he added

Quote:Ryan's mother Rita, 44, said her son suffers from agoraphobia and attention deficit disorder and had not left his home for four years.

She said he hardly ever left his dimly-lit bedroom which consisted of a computer with two monitors, a cooling unit, a broken TV, and a double bed.
Mrs Cleary who suffers from bipolar disorder said: He is a complete recluse, he would only come out of his room to use the bathroom. I would have to leave his dinner outside his room door.
I don't know how he would be coping with being dragged out of the house like this. He didn't go out at all.'
The teenager was excluded from school for disruptive behaviour at the age of five.

Following a suicide attempt at the age of ten, Ryan was sent to special school in Colchester.
Speaking at the family's home in Wickford, Mrs Cleary said he was an introverted boy, adding: I'm really worried. He could seriously harm or even kill himself. He is incredibly intelligent but he has very complex needs.'
When questioned about what he was doing on the internet by his father Neil or his brother Mitchell, 22, the teenager told them: I am just gaming'.
He is said to have constantly spoken in computer jargon and cybertalk, which his family were unable to understand.
Ten police cars arrived at the house on Monday night and officers are said to have spent five hours talking to Ryan.
Apart from a mass of computer equipment, his bedroom was like that of many teenage boys with photographs of scantily-clad women on the walls.
Another family member, who did not want to be identified, said: He is a recluse and he never leaves the house.'
Ryan's brother Mitchell said: He is not the sort of person to do anything mad or go out and let his hair down or do anything violent. He stays in his room you will be lucky if he opens the blinds.

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Bleary-eyed internet hacking suspect Ryan Cleary looks wasted after inhaling gas

Quote:Last night Metropolitan Police boss Sir Paul Stephenson called Cleary's arrest "very significant".

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Quote:Hackers attack News International servers

Attack on publisher apparently in retaliation for Sun coverage of LulzSec hacking coverage

Quote:LulzSec census hacking claims 'a hoax'

Census director says it has found no sign of any suspicious activity despite online allegations about hacker collective

Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 June 2011 18.27 BST

The British census was not hacked and claims that it was unlawfully accessed by the notorious internet collective LulzSec were "a hoax", the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday.

Government officials on Tuesday launched an investigation into claims that information about tens of millions of Britons had been stolen by computer hackers LulzSec.

However, Glen Watson, the census director, said that the investigation had found "no sign of any suspicious activity" in relation to its records.

"I can reassure the public that their census records are secure," he said. "We have strict measures in place protecting the nation's census information."

LulzSec denied claims that it attempted to steal census data after what appeared to be a public admission from the group appeared online.

Watson said: "The claim that hackers got in looks like a hoax and our investigation concluded that there is no sign of any suspicious activity. The alleged hackers have also denied any involvement.

"However, we are not complacent and will remain vigilant. The security and confidentiality of census data remain our top priority."

Earlier on Wednesday, Britain's top policeman, Sir Paul Stephenson, described the hacker collective's actions as "deeply worrying", following attacks on the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and the CIA.