There has been some discussion on the motivation of those in the groups, and some disbelief that it could just be a bunch of kids who don't grasp the consequences of what they are doing. Surely it must be a CIA front? I've argued in favor of the kids theory being plausible. This would seem to be evidence in that theory's favor.
'course, it could just be the front finding a fall guy, but... Occam's razor. Unfortunately, the state of computer security now is such that grabbing lots of data and taking down corporations is well within the reach of script kiddies, let alone anyone (even a teenager) who is willing to put even a little bit of real effort into it.
It would be standard operating procedure to dry up support for Lulz in their community by beating up folks like Ryan. It works on the theory that if you publically abuse a few lightweights then other kids will think twice about helping out when Lulz comes calling asking if they can 'put a few files on your board' or 'host an IRC server.'
It's not like they are going to send a lawyer over to bail him out.
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[ 0.17 ms ] story [ 21.4 ms ] thread'course, it could just be the front finding a fall guy, but... Occam's razor. Unfortunately, the state of computer security now is such that grabbing lots of data and taking down corporations is well within the reach of script kiddies, let alone anyone (even a teenager) who is willing to put even a little bit of real effort into it.
It's not like they are going to send a lawyer over to bail him out.