man arrested in cia, sony hacking attacks.(Front)

By Cassandra Vinograd |

The Associated Press

LONDON

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement with cyber attacks on Sony Corp. and the CIA website, British police said Tuesday.

The arrest took place after a joint operation by its Internet crimes unit and the FBI, the Metropolitan Police said. The FBI declined to comment.

British police would not say if the suspect was tied to the Lulz Security hacking collective, which has claimed responsibility for recent high-profile attacks, but confirmed that a computer seized in the operation will be examined for Sony data. Police declined to identify the suspect because he has not been charged.

Lulz had boasted of successfully hacking Sony in addition to subsequent attacks on the CIA website and the U.S. Senate computer system. The hackers recently called for "war" on governments that control the Internet.

Lulz said on Twitter that it used the arrested man's server, but that the man is not part of the group.

Although little is known about Lulz, hacker collectives are typically loose networks with diffuse supporters in more than one location.end optional cut