Third UK Lulzsec hacker pleads guilty to cyber attacks on NHS and Sony

Sooraj Shah
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Ryan Ackroyd from South Yorkshire will not face trial on DDoS charges

A third UK member of hacktivist group LulzSec has pleaded guilty to charges relating to cyber attacks as part of the group that launched assaults on the NHS, the CIA, Sony Pictures Europe, News Int...

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