Sudden Stop Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 The beeb are reporting that a 19 year old male has been arrested in Shetland today for being involved in a couple of imfamous hacker groups. Yikes! Lock up your passwords people (*** Mod - Added 'Alleged' to thread title ***) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Was amused and surprised to hear of this on radio 4 tonight. Hacker in an international ring... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8666414/Police-claim-arrest-of-senior-Anonymous-hacker-Topiary.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I found this all quite amusing considering the state of our inet connections up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Probably why our connections have been so bad in the first place. All those DoS attacks soaking up our bandwidth... (>_ I get the impression that Topiary was not a major player. Looks like he was a PR guy, running the Twitter feed, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Free Topiary! - Not a Shetlander by voice I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_balmain Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 They should free him and give him a medal if he did anything to confront the Westbro church! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedee Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 There seems to be some doubt that the person arrested is Topiary - he is supposed to be a 23 yr old from Sweden. Very interesting, I'll be keeping my eye going on this story. The Westboro baptist church are just hate-mongerers. Bigots in the extreme, they deserve everything they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 There seems to be some doubt that the person arrested is Topiary - he is supposed to be a 23 yr old from Sweden. Guardian in a previous article said 19 yr old called Daniel allegedly. Ah the power of Facebook... arrest location is already up! Mods, keep an eye on this thread - no-one wants names and addresses on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedee Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Guardian in a previous article said 19 yr old called Daniel allegedly. Ah the power of Facebook... arrest location is already up! Mods, keep an eye on this thread - no-one wants names and addresses on here. According to various websites he is supposed to be a 23 yr old from Sweden, and the name you posted matches. I guess time will tell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I posted a first name from the public domain. Anyone with half a brain can Wikipedia Topiary and get a full name if they wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedee Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Ummm... did you happen to miss the smiley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Just to mix threads a bit but does anyone else feel slightly uncomfortable when the English fuzz take someone from Shetland for questioning in London without a hearing in a Shetland or Scottish court. Or perhaps since they might not be legal here a Norwegian court if Mr. Hill has his way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I don't, there is no need for a court hearing to move a suspect from one UK country to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 I found this all quite amusing considering the state of our inet connections up here You are not alone:techradar.com[/url]"]What's most surprising about this is that all the way up in the Shetland Islands he was able to obtain a fast enough internet connection to download a .jpg, let alone take a high profile position as a "hacktivist." It is indeed a highly interesting development. I'm not generally into the "being proud" thing, but I think the association with Shetland is in no way an embarassment. Might even give the place some cyber kudos and help in some way. A shame the boy is now in heavy sharn of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Maybe Shetlink can host another Sakchai-esque campaign to Free Topairy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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