The 'stunning' LulzSec hacker bust: A concise guide

One of the world's most notorious hacking collectives suffers a brutal blow — after its leader rats out his comrades

Hector Xavier Monsegur
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Authorities in the U.S., Britain, and Ireland have brought charges against five hackers from the hackers group LulzSec, which is allegedly responsible for a raft of computer attacks that have robbed personal data from more than a million people and cost companies billions of dollars. And in a remarkable twist, the group was brought down by its own leader, known in the hacking world as "Sabu." (After being arrested last June, Sabu agreed to cooperate with the FBI.) "This is devastating to the organization," an FBI official tells Fox News. "We're chopping off the head of LulzSec." Here's what you should know about this "stunning" case:

What exactly is LulzSec?

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