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Halethorpe Man Identified by Hacker Group

Hackers say "snitches get stitches."

An international hacking group has released personal information on two men it claims leaked information to law enforcement agencies about the group. One of the alleged leakers was identified as a 22-year-old Halethorpe man.

On Monday the group, known as Lulz Security or LulzSec, "declared war" on the U.S. government and corporations. LulzSec is reportedly working in collaboration with the hacking group, Anonymous.

According to a chronology compiled by Reuters, since May, LulzSec has hacked sites of the Public Broadcasting Corporation, Fox.com, the U.S. Senate, the FBI, the CIA and several others.

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LulzSec claims that the two men provided police in the United Kingdom a record of chat room activity that led to the arrest of 19-year-old Ryan Cleary of London on Tuesday. Cleary has been charged with hacking crimes.

In retaliation, LulzSec posted information about the two men at a site called Pastebin. One was said to be a man in Hamilton, OH, and the second, a 22-year-old man who lives on the 4500-block of Spring Avenue in Arbutus.

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Along with their addresses, LulzSec posted their names, aliases and screen names, internet protocol (IP) addresses and, for one of them, a phone number, date of birth and photograph.

"These goons begged us for mercy after they apologized to us all night for leaking some of our affiliates' logs," the LulzSec post said. "There is no mercy on The Lulz Boat."

Attempts to reach the Halethope man were unsuccessful. Messages cannot be left at the number that was listed. A phone number listed for the man's street address is not in service.


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