FBI makes arrest within the new the new sony hacking situation

The FBI arrested a Phoenix guy on Thursday suspected of hacking into the pcs in the new the new sony Pictures Entertainment.Cody Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, is billed with joining the LulzSec hacking group that mentioned credit for hacking into the The brand new the new sony pcs from May 27 to June 2. Kretsinger is well known with the moniker "recursion." An excellent jury indicted him on Sept. 2 on charges of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment from the protected computer, nevertheless it was saved under seal until his arrest.The FBI alleges that Kretsinger completed the attack by delivering a proxy server to mask his Ip. He together with other cyber-terrorist acquired personal data in the new the new sony personal computers having an "SQL injection" attack against its website, that is frequently utilized by cyber-terrorist to obtain on the pc system's weak points. In those days, LulzSec, connected using the worldwide cyber-terrorist known to as Anonymous, boasted about how precisely easy it absolutely was to destroy into the The brand new the new sony system.The FBI also claims that Kretsinger while others released the stolen info on the LulzSec website, after which it introduced it on Twitter.Kretsinger wound up being to create his first court appearance in Phoenix on Thursday, nevertheless the FBI expects to request he be gone after La. If billed, he faces around 15 years jail time. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com