British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong Guy?

Re:British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong ... by rmason on Thursday July 28, 2011 @02:08PM (#2818115)

Or maybe Topiary's friends are trying to convince the police they got the wrong guy and get some added publicity at the same time?

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Re:British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong ... by dwyer on Thursday July 28, 2011 @09:13PM (#2819732)

More than likely. The conversation seems like a movie script. Too cut and dry; everything spelled out for the audience.

> Topiary: (as you know I stole this nickname from a troll last December, didn't work out so well)

Give me a break.

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Re:British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong ... by zhazam on Friday July 29, 2011 @10:37AM (#2821972)

This seems likely - the "police are dumbasses" mentality, and popular image of LulzSec as clever hackers really doing it for "lulz", allow them to present stories like this -and- gain support.

Not to dismiss the possibility entirely, of course - but it is awfully consistent with their previous attempts to hide the fact that they're on a sinking ship.

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