GALWAY MAN CHARGED IN COMPUTER HACKING INVESTIGATION

Date Published: 07-Mar-2012

A Galway man is one of two Irish people charged in connection with an investigation into online hacking.

It's after the FBI named two Irish men on an indictment in connection with the activities of the LulzSec hacking group.

A statement from the FBI US Attorney's Office reports that a 25 year old Galway man is charged with two counts of hacking conspiracy - each count carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

The other Irish man, a 19 year old, originally from Co. Offaly remains in garda custody in Dublin this morning, where he can be held for up to 24 hours.

LulzSec has been blamed for a major hack on Sony's website - and has been linked to hacking the Fine Gael site and to a hack on computers used by Fox TV for the X factor.