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==Arrest and Legal Proceedings==
==Arrest and Legal Proceedings==
On September 1, 2011, Ackroyd's "Kayla" Twitter feed went silent for the last time,<ref>https://twitter.com/lolspoon</ref> amidst announcements that the hacker was arrested<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/09/02/uk-police-arrest-lulzsec-hacker-kayla/</ref> in Mexborough, South Yorkshire,
On September 1, 2011, Ackroyd's "Kayla" Twitter feed went silent for the last time,<ref>https://twitter.com/lolspoon</ref> amidst announcements that the hacker was arrested<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/09/02/uk-police-arrest-lulzsec-hacker-kayla/</ref> in Mexborough, South Yorkshire,
England.<ref>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/09/kayla-taken-down-in-latest-lulzsec-arrests/</ref> It became clear that Ackroyd was not, in fact, a 16 year old girl, but rather a 24 year old man with prior military service in the British Army serving in Iraq. He was released on bail<ref>http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/24621</ref> with fellow co-defendants [[Mustafa Al-Bassam|Tflow]] and [[Topiary (hacktivist)|Topiary]].
England.<ref>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/09/kayla-taken-down-in-latest-lulzsec-arrests/</ref> It became clear that Ackroyd was not, in fact, a 16-year-old girl, but rather a 24-year-old man with prior military service in the British Army serving in Iraq. He was released on bail<ref>http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/24621</ref> with fellow co-defendants [[Mustafa Al-Bassam|Tflow]] and [[Topiary (hacktivist)|Topiary]].
In 2012, Ackroyd and Jake "Topiary" Davis, plead guilty to cyber attacks in coordination with internet groups Anonymous, Internet Feds and LulzSec.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/sep/09/jake-davis-anonymous-charged-bail</ref>
In 2012, Ackroyd and Jake "Topiary" Davis, plead guilty to cyber attacks in coordination with internet groups Anonymous, Internet Feds and LulzSec.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/sep/09/jake-davis-anonymous-charged-bail</ref>
On April 9, 2013, Ackroyd appeared again in court<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22079709</ref> and plead not guilty to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks carried out under the LulzSec banner during its "[[AntiSec operation|AntiSec]]" campaign.
On April 9, 2013, Ackroyd appeared again in court<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22079709</ref> and plead not guilty to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks carried out under the LulzSec banner during its "[[AntiSec operation|AntiSec]]" campaign.


Ackroyd served a 30 month prison sentence in England.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/16/lulzsec-hacktivists-longest-jail-sentences-hacking</ref>
Ackroyd served a 30-month prison sentence in England.<ref>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/16/lulzsec-hacktivists-longest-jail-sentences-hacking</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:28, 27 September 2014

Ryan Ackroyd
Other namesKayla
OccupationComputer hacker
OrganizationLulzSec
Known forFounder of LulzSec

Ryan Ackroyd,[1] aka, Kayla[2][3] is a former black hat hacker who was one of the six core members of the hacking group "LulzSec"[4][5] during its 50 day spree of attacks from May 6, 2011 until June 26, 2011.[6] At the time, Ackroyd posed as a sixteen year old girl hacker named "Kayla" and was responsible for multiple high profile intrusions into the networks of Gawker in December 2010, HBGaryFederal in 2011, PBS, Sony, Infragard Atlanta, Fox Entertainment and multiple military and government domains. Ackroyd associated with fellow hackers Mustafa Al-Bassam, Hector Monsegur and Jake Davis in private chat rooms to carry out attacks on corporate websites.

Rise to Prominence

In 2011, Ackroyd was part of the small group of Anons who breached the security of HBGaryFederal.com[7] through an SQL injection[8][9] and is said to have social engineered[10] the administrator of rootkit.com,[11] HBGary's CEO's personal website to gain root access and deface the website. The attack on HBGary cost the firm massive financial loss and leaked more than 70,000 private company emails between CEO Aaron Barr and other business associates. During the rise of the group "LulzSec", Ackroyd was one of its most talented hackers, doing much of the security penetration along with Hector Monsegur and Mustafa Al-Bassam. Through their combined skill, the group hacked into fox.com,[12] UK Bank Machines,[13] Sony,[14] PBS,[15] the FBI,[16] Bethesda Softworks,[17] Senate.gov,[18] Arizona Department of Public Safety,[19] AT&T, AOL, Navy.mil,[20] Infragard Atlanta,[21] NATO Bookshops[22] and others during LulzSec's infamous "50 Days of Lulz".[23][24] According to Parmy Olson's book, "We Are Anonymous", Ackroyd is responsible for the hack into Gawker's networks in December 2010 which leaked thousands of usernames and passwords of innocent members of the public in retaliation for what Ackroyd perceived to be condescending of Anonymous and other affiliated hackers. During this time, Ackroyd is said to have assisted someone claiming to be working for Wikileaks by hacking into hundreds of military and government domains and leaking internal data to him.

On September 1, 2011, Ackroyd's "Kayla" Twitter feed went silent for the last time,[25] amidst announcements that the hacker was arrested[26] in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England.[27] It became clear that Ackroyd was not, in fact, a 16-year-old girl, but rather a 24-year-old man with prior military service in the British Army serving in Iraq. He was released on bail[28] with fellow co-defendants Tflow and Topiary. In 2012, Ackroyd and Jake "Topiary" Davis, plead guilty to cyber attacks in coordination with internet groups Anonymous, Internet Feds and LulzSec.[29] On April 9, 2013, Ackroyd appeared again in court[30] and plead not guilty to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks carried out under the LulzSec banner during its "AntiSec" campaign.

Ackroyd served a 30-month prison sentence in England.[31]

References

  1. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/tag/ryan-ackroyd
  2. ^ https://twitter.com/lolspoon
  3. ^ http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/09/lulzsec-hacker-guilty-plea/
  4. ^ http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2012/0308/The-6-men-alleged-to-be-LulzSec-hackers-include-teenagers-female-impersonators-the-unemployed/Ryan-Ackroyd-alleged-to-be-Kayla
  5. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/jun/24/lulzsec-irc-leak-the-full-record
  6. ^ http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/lulzsecs-top-3-hacking-tools-deconstruct/231000983
  7. ^ http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/03/16/is-this-the-girl-that-hacked-hbgary/
  8. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/meet-the-16-year-old-girl-who-hacked-hbgary/72568/
  9. ^ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/02/anonymous-speaks-the-inside-story-of-the-hbgary-hack/
  10. ^ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/17/hbgary_anon_hacker_interview/
  11. ^ https://dazzlepod.com/site_media/txt/rootkit.com.txt
  12. ^ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/43027482/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/hackers-leak-foxcom-employee-info/
  13. ^ http://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/29706-the-rise-of-lulzsec-a-hacking-chronology.html
  14. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/02/sony-pictures-hacked-lulzsec_n_870615.html
  15. ^ http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/05/30/pbs-hacked-after-critical-wikileaks-show/
  16. ^ http://thenextweb.com/media/2011/06/26/50-days-of-lulz-the-life-and-times-of-lulzsec/
  17. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/skyrim-keeps-lulzsec-from-releasing-more-info-on-bethesda/2011/06/14/AGRH7ZUH_blog.html
  18. ^ http://allthingsd.com/20110613/lulzsec-strikes-again-hits-bethesda-softworks-and-u-s-senate/
  19. ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/23/lulzsec-releases-arizona-law-enforcement-data-in-retaliation-for-immigration-law/
  20. ^ http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/06/25/lulzsec-says-goodbye-dumping-nato-att-gamer-data/
  21. ^ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386411,00.asp
  22. ^ http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/06/25/lulzsec-says-goodbye-dumping-nato-att-gamer-data/
  23. ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/25/after-50-days-of-attacks-hacker-group-lulzsec-says-its-done/
  24. ^ http://thehackernews.com/2011/06/50-days-of-lulz-lulzsec-says-goodbye.html
  25. ^ https://twitter.com/lolspoon
  26. ^ http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2011/09/02/uk-police-arrest-lulzsec-hacker-kayla/
  27. ^ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/09/kayla-taken-down-in-latest-lulzsec-arrests/
  28. ^ http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/24621
  29. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/sep/09/jake-davis-anonymous-charged-bail
  30. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22079709
  31. ^ http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/16/lulzsec-hacktivists-longest-jail-sentences-hacking

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