Tempe college student charged in Sony Pictures hacking case

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http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-news/2011/09/22/tempe-college-student-charged-in-sony-pictures-hacking-case-2/

By Jose Zavala and Angela Piazza
Arizona Republic News
Sept. 22, 2011

A Tempe college student has been arrested by FBI agents and accused of 
hacking into Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems, federal 
officials say.

Cody Kretsinger, 23, a University of Advancing Technology student, was 
arrested Thursday without incident, authorities said.

An indictment, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, charges 
Kretsinger with conspiracy and the unauthorized impairment of a 
protected computer. That indictment was unsealed after his arrest.

He appeared before a federal magistrate in U.S. District Court in 
Phoenix on Thursday afternoon and was released without bail. The 
District Court has allowed Kretsinger to use a computer for work and 
school only.

Kretsinger is suspected of being a member, or former member, of LulzSec, 
a group that has claimed responsibility for compromising the computer 
systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment from approximately May 27 through 
June 2.

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