Monday, September 26, 2011

British man charged with hacking attacks

A British man was charged Wednesday with mounting denial of service attacks on three websites, Scotland Yard announced.

Ryan Cleary, 19, was charged with attacking the websites of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency, British Phonographic Agency and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

He is due to appear in court Thursday, police said.

The alleged attacks all took place between October and June, police said.

The computer hacking group LulzSec denied Tuesday that Cleary was a significant member of the group.