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When you think of hackers, your mind might jump to something like a Boris Grishenko (aka “that dude from Goldeneye “) typing away on a keyboard one-handedly with virtuosic skill. A criminal mastermind.

Four online hackers who masterminded attacks against major global institutions, including Sony Pictures and the CIA, have been jailed in Britain.

Hacker group masterminded cyber-attacks on targets from CIA to Sony Pictures causing millions of dollars in damage.

LONDON – Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.

Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday. The hackers, …

Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch’s News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday.

Computer hackers, including an ex-soldier from South Yorkshire, considered themselves to be “modern day pirates”, a court has heard.

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was “anarchic self-amusement”, a court heard on Wednesday.

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police have arrested a man they say is affiliated with international hacking collective Lulz Security on a charge of attacking and defacing a government website, officials said Wednesday.

A self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec international hacker group has been arrested in Australia, police said on Wednesday, after charging him with attacking and defacing a government website.