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Subject: [ISN] Tempe college student charged in Sony Pictures hacking case
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2011-09-23 9:50:13
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1109230450020.21676 () infosecnews ! org
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By Jose Zavala and Angela Piazza
Arizona Republic News
Sept. 22, 2011
A Tempe college student has been arrested by FBI agents and accused of
hacking into Sony Pictures Entertainment's computer systems, federal
officials say.
Cody Kretsinger, 23, a University of Advancing Technology student, was
arrested Thursday without incident, authorities said.
An indictment, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charges
Kretsinger with conspiracy and the unauthorized impairment of a
protected computer. That indictment was unsealed after his arrest.
He appeared before a federal magistrate in U.S. District Court in
Phoenix on Thursday afternoon and was released without bail. The
District Court has allowed Kretsinger to use a computer for work and
school only.
Kretsinger is suspected of being a member, or former member, of LulzSec,
a group that has claimed responsibility for compromising the computer
systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment from approximately May 27 through
June 2.
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