The FBI believes that the homeless man they arrested on Thursday was “Commander X”, a member of the People’s Liberation Front (PLF) associated with Anonymous hacktivism.
47-year-old Christopher Doyon has entered a not guilty plea to charges of “conspiracy to cause intentional damage to a protected computer, causing intentional damage to a protected computer, and aiding and abetting”.
According to an indictment filed against Christopher Doyon and another man, Joshua John Covelli, the charges specifically relate to a denial-of-service attack against the servers of Santa Cruz County in December 2010, after the city put in place a law prohibiting camping inside the city.
The indictment gives Doyon the aliases “PLF”, “Commander Adama” (clearly a Battlestar Galactica fan) and “Commander X”. Covelli meanwhile is alleged to use the pseudonyms “Absolem” and “Toxic”. 26-year-old Covelli was previously named in connection with internet attacks on PayPal.
Someone calling themselves “Commander X” gave an interview to CBS News earlier this year, claiming responsibility for denial-of-service attacks by Anonymous.
According to a CBS News report, “Commander X” told their reporter that he had no fear about being caught:
"We're not going to turn ourselves in. They can come and get us is what I say. Bring it on. Until then, we run... We will remain free and at liberty and at large for as long as we can, and when the time comes that each and every one of us eventually will be brought to justice, we will hold our head high in any court of law and we will defend our actions."
Doyon is scheduled to appear on September 29th for a bail hearing.
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Let's see how high he holds his head now.
Probably plenty high. Most of those people are doing things they believe in. Are we?
Always a question to ask one's self.
i would deny it too the fullest, i know i wouldn't keep anything on my computer… i place everything on a very secure external, in america you have to have proof to convict so i hope this guy is smart and his pc wasn't full of chat logs, history or and kind of programs or scripts.
Just another group of terrorists being held accountable for their actions.
This guys are too much……….It’s really sad that they really think that they are changing the internet.Bringing a site down for a few hours or stealing some emails and hashed passwords won’t change anything……The media should really give them less attention and hopefully this kids will be gone.
Effect change on the internet? LOL, but really. Grow up skiddys.
Yeah, like how the internet is being used to aid the occupy wall street movement, silly buggers. Grow up, get a mortgage and drown in debt, stop fighting for a better future ok?!
As long as attention is drawn to an important issue, we succeed. When another half a percent decides to think for themselves, we gain ground. When all the people decide for themselves what is right rather than what the feds determine, when people ignore the crap being fed to them by big business, this will no longer be necessary. Until then, however, education, if in a harsh manner, is our job.
What are you doing to make things change? We re growing up, you haven't woken up yet..