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LONDON — A young man was charged in connection with a recent spate of high-profile cyberattacks against websites belonging to CIA, Sony and law enforcement organizations, British police said Wednesday.
Ryan Cleary, 19, was accused of five offenses under the Computer Misuse Act, including an attack which brought down the website of Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency — the U.K.’s FBI equivalent. That attack was one of several attributed to hackers operating under the name of Lulz Security. Cleary’s supposed role in the collective was unclear.
