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FBI arrests claims NullCrew hacker in Tennessee takedown

  • 17 June 2014
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By Iain Thomson, 17 Jun 2014

 

The FBI has arrested a Tennessee man on computer crime charges, claiming he is a key player in the NullCrew hacking squad that attacked businesses and educational institutions from 2012 onwards.

Court filings claim Timothy Justin French, 20, is known online as "Orbit", and took part in hacking attacks against two US universities and three telecommunications and media companies in the US and Canada that were carried out by members of the NullCrew team.

 

The Register/ full read here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/17/fbi_arrests_claims_nullcrew_hacker_in_tennessee_takedown/

 

 

 

 

 

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