Topiary
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Topiary , [ 1 ] real name Jake Davis [ 2 ] , born May 24th, 1993 is a hacker and self-described "Simple prankster turned swank garden hedge". Worked with Anonymous, LulzSec, and other such paragons of intense cyber victory." [ 3 ] He is an associate of the Internet group Anonymous , [ 4 ] which have publicly claimed various online attacks, including hacking HBGary , [ 5 ] Westboro Baptist Church , and Gawker . [ 6 ] They have also claimed responsibility for the defacing of government websites in countries such as Zimbabwe , [ 7 ] Syria , [ 8 ] Tunisia , [ 9 ] Ireland [ 10 ] and Egypt . [ 11 ] [ edit ] Rise to prominence On February 24, 2011, Topiary gained attention after he appeared on The David Pakman Show .
Topiary (hacktivist)
The Scotland Yard LulzSec Arrest Claim: A Mess of Social Engineering and Disinformation?
Disinformation is a trick of the espionage tradecraft—show ‘em one thing and do quite another. Is Scotland Yard’s claim that they’ve arrested Topiary some large-scale disinformation campaign? The Web Ninja’s dox claim Topiary is a 23 year-old Swede. Scotland Yard claims he’s a 19 year-old Shetland Islands resident. Both cannot be correct, unless Topiary can defy the laws of physics and not only bi-locate, but do so temporally as well.It appears UK police have been deceived by LulzSec. (Source: Warner Brothers) The man they believed to be a member of LulzSec was reportedly a famous internet troll, whom a LulzSec member "stole" the name of. This could prove the latest embarasment for UK police. (Source: Gaming Union)
Exclusive: British Police Duped by LulzSec Into Arresting the Wrong Guy
Arrested teen hacker Jake Davis cut a defiant figure outside the City of Westminster Crown Court, wearing sunglasses and waving a science book at the massed photographers and press keen to see the human behind the hacker persona. The Police are now certain that Davis was Topiary - a LulzSec ringleader responsible for many of their high-profile attacks including SOCA and The Sun, and also the group's flamboyant press releases and Twitter accounts. Tweeter ShonaGhosh pointed out Davis' resemblance to Neo from the Matrix.
Photo: Jake Davis the Scottish Hacker looks like Neo from the Matrix, was Reading book about Libertarian Scientists
Accused LulzSec hacker Topiary released on bail Jake Davis, an 18-year-old from the Shetland Islands, was released on bail after being charged with five offences relating to computer attacks and break-ins by the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups. Davis was granted bail to stay with his mother at their new home in Spalding, Lincolnshire, on condition that he does not access the internet either directly or through anyone else. He also has to wear a tag to ensure a 10pm to 7am curfew.
Accused LulzSec hacker Topiary released on bail ~ THN : The Hacker News
(Updates with Murdoch ‘death’ hoax in first paragraph. For more coverage of News Corp., see {EXT3 <GO>}.) Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Jake Davis, a British teenager accused of conspiring to create a fake news story claiming Rupert Murdoch had died, was released today on bail with the condition that he doesn’t access the Internet. Davis, 18, from the Shetland Islands in Scotland, was arrested last week and charged with conspiring to carry out a so-called denial of service attack on computers at the U.K. government’s Serious Organised Crime Agency, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement yesterday. Police said Davis may act as the spokesman for the hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec and uses the online nickname “Topiary.” LulzSec’s Twitter feed hasn’t posted any comments since his arrest last week.
U.K. Teen Charged With Hacking Websites Released on Bail
Jake Davis, now in court being charged for hacking the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, had the private details of 750,000 people stored on his computer police have said. Apparently the 18 year old also wrote the fake Sun article claiming that Rupert Murdoch was dead, and splashed it on the front page of the paper's website when LulzSec hacked it two weeks ago. He has been released on conditional bail and has another court hearing at Southwark Crown Court on 30th August, the same date 19 year old Essex LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary will be in court. Davis has been tagged and forbidden any direct or indirect internet access until that date. In court he wore a black t-shirt and denim shirt, Charles Arthur of the Guardian reporting that he "looked like a young Keith Moon".
Jake Davis aka Topiary wrote Murdoch Death Article and had Private Details of 750,000
Scotland Yard Busts Suspected LulzSec Spokesman | Threat Level
<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-28566" title="lulzsec" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/07/lulzsec-660x412.png" alt="" width="660" height="412" /> The London Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested a 18-year-old Shetland Islands man who they say is “Topiary,” the most visible figure in LulzSec. The police news release doesn’t name the suspect.
Its audacity was brazen and apparently fearless. Among its high-profile victims were Sony, the CIA, the FBI, the US Senate and even the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency. Exposing frailties in government and corporate networks, the group leaked hundreds of thousands of hacked passwords, and in the process garnered more than a quarter of a million followers on Twitter. But after just 50 days, on 25 June, LulzSec suddenly said it was disbanding. Just hours before this announcement, the Guardian had published leaked internet chat logs revealing the inner workings of the group, which appeared to consist of six to eight members.
Why hacker group LulzSec went on the attack | Technology
A rare and candid interview conducted with Topiary, founding member of LulzSec and self-described ‘captain of the Lulz Boat’ – on becoming involved in hacktivism, fighting extortion claims, donating to Wikileaks, revolution, and the US government Last week, hacker collective LulzSec returned with a bang, attacking a series of websites owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International in apparent response to the ongoing phone hacking scandal. For 50 days between May and June, the tight-knit, six-strong group made headlines across the world, rising to almost instant notoriety after perpetrating a series of audacious cyber attacks on high-profile government and corporate websites, before abruptly announcing that they would disband. Among just a few of LulzSec's targets: Sony, the US Senate, the CIA, the FBI and even the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency. LulzSec - 'leaders in quality entertainment'
A passion for change - LulzSec interview
UK police may not have gotten their guy when they arrested a 19-year-old Scotsman believed to be LulzSec spokesman "Topiary." The website LulzSecExposed , which is run by LulzSec detractors and aims to expose the identities of the hackers, says it believes police may have been misled thanks to a disinformation campaign waged by LulzSec. "Two weeks back, Topiary tried to mislead us with some email conversations to make us believe that Topiary is a UK guy named Daniel Chatfield," according to a post on LulzSecExposed. "We didn't fall for that Troll and then he deleted all his comments on our blog."
Wrong LulzSec suspect may have been nabbed - security, online security, network security, hackers, firewalls
If you're a hacker, you can't trust anyone. Even the fellow gamers in an Xbox forum. That's how an 18-year-old leader of the notorious hacking group Lulz Security got tripped up, according to one of his comrades. For 50 days this summer, a hacker who went by the name "Topiary" acted as the unofficial spokesman of the hacking group LulzSec. Last month Topiary was arrested and revealed to be an 18-year-old Scottish guy named Jake Davis who lived in the remote Shetland Islands.