Two Irish students have been named by the FBI as among the top five hackers in the world wanted for serious criminal investigations.
The two Irish students have been linked to a series of computer hacking events involving the high profile hacking group LulzSec, also know as Lulz Security, which is thought to have been behind major hacking episodes against high profile targets like Paypal and Sony as well as hacking into FBI phone conferences..
One of the alleged Irish hackers Donncha O Cearrbhail ,(anglicized Denis Carroll) is the son of an Irish politician and is 19-years old. He was being held in Terenure Garda Station in Dublin but has now been released. It's understood the arrest was made in conjunction with the FBI.
He is accused of tapping into a conference call betwen the FBI, Irish police and other police agencies in January. He is a freshman in Trinity College where he is studying Medicinal Chemistry. The FBI say he is one of the top five hackers in the world.
The other hacker has been named as Darren Martyn, a Galway University student. He has not been arrested.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.bogsidebunny | Mar 08, 2012, 12:33 AM EST
I guarantee these to felons will NEVER be extradited to the United States. Just look at the record over the past 20 years and you'll find the number of successful extraditions from Ireland to the U.S.A. an be counted on ONE hand. The Irish authorities are loath to sent criminals to the States, mainly for one reason. They might be found guilty and actually PUNISHED. The Irish don't like to punish bad people thay'd rather FORGIVE them. It's a Catholic ethos thing.
timbobdennehy | Mar 07, 2012, 06:56 PM EST
And yet we still have people struggling putting attachments to emails,the irony
timbobdennehy | Mar 07, 2012, 06:55 PM EST
and yet we still have people struggling putting attachments to emails.the irony.
bunkerhill | Mar 07, 2012, 05:13 PM EST
I agree with McNamara31. It is coming out that the Irish are unbelievable computer engineers as witnessed by Liam O'Murchu's uncovering of the hackers who destroyed part of Iran's nuclear energy plant. Look up "60 minutes" program of February 29th. The countries involved not been overtly identified, but everyone know who the main country was and they were going to continue to destroy at will. I haven't heard of the U.S. FBI going after this group and can only wonder why they are after two Irish kids.
McNamara31 | Mar 07, 2012, 04:42 PM EST
I hope the FBI/CIA hires them fast(before someone else does) and assigns them to protecting systems from hackers with similar capabilities.In a strange way this is a great compliment to Irish education in information technologies.