Chicago Federal Authorities Charge Two After Investigating PoodleCorp And Lizard Squad
Chicago Federal authorities are charging two 19 year old suspects in connection with computer hacking groups PoodleCorp and Lizard Squad: Zachary Buchta of Maryland (' also known as “pein,” “@fbiarelosers,” “@xotehpoodle,” and “lizard,”') and Bradley Jan Willem Van Rooy of the Netherlands ('also known as “Uchiha,” “@UchihaLS,” “dragon,” and “fox,”').
Buchta and van Rooy allegedly conspired with others to launch destructive cyber attacks around the world, and trafficked payment accounts that had been stolen from unsuspecting victims in Illinois and elsewhere.
If you're not familiar with the two groups under investigation, they've been allegedly responsible for a number of DDoS attacks against individuals and game servers, including Blizzard with plans to interrupt Battlefield 1's service on the day the WW1 FPS launches. "The attacks targeted various victims, including gaming, entertainment and media companies, and relied on a massive network of compromised computers and devices, according to the complaint. "
In addition to the charges, a federal court in Chicago ordered the seizure of four domain names associated with the alleged conspiracy. The complaint identifies the seized websites as shenron.lizardsquad.org, lizardsquad.org, stresser.poodlecorp.org, and poodlecorp.org.
The affidavit is a funny read if you don't mind sifting through some legal jargon.
Lizard Squad came under investigation when the FBI began looking into a site called phonebomber.net, where clients paid to have victims receive harassing phone calls. The evidence is revealing: 'When the victim answered the phone, an audio recording stated that the victim “better look over your [expletive] back because I don’t flying [expletive] if we have to burn your [expletive] house down, if we have to [expletive] track your [expletive] family down, we will [expletive] your [expletive] up [expletive].”'
Keep in mind, neither suspect is guilty and both are entitled to a fair trial. The burden of proving guilt rests on the state.
