UK police have arrested a 19-year-old man identified as the hacker behind the month-long Sony Playstation and Qriocity hacks.
The attacks began on April 20 of this year and continued deep into May, costing the electronics and entertainment giant nearly $200 million in lost revenue.
Reports CNN: The 19-year-old is suspected of hacking into systems and mounting denial of service attacks against “a number of international businesses and intelligence agencies,” police said. Naming suspects who have been arrested in Britain is illegal.
Last week Spanish officials announced that a group connected to Anonymous, were busted in connection with the Sony Attack.
Read more on Sony’s hack here.
