Ryan Cleary and Luzsec Members Sentenced

SOUTHWARK, LONDON — Four members of the LulzSec hacking group were on Thursday sentenced in court after pleading guilty to various computer hacking-related charges.


Lulzsec wannabe and founder of the current Encyclopedia Dramatica, Ryan Cleary, was sentenced to 32 months in prison by Presiding Judge Deborah Taylor and must serve at least half. Three others, Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis and Mustafa al-Bassam, were also sentenced.

Cleary has also plead guilty to downloading and possessing indecent images of children, some as young as six months. The sentencing for that crime has been delayed.