Australian Federal Police methods under question after ‘LulzSec hacker’ claims he was wrongly accused
Conor Duffy reports:
A man described by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) as being the leader of the notorious international hacking group LulzSec says the AFP’s claims are based on a single joke Facebook message.
A 7.30 investigation has found a teenage accomplice was actually responsible for the hack and was raided by police but never charged.
Late last month 25-year-old Matthew Flannery was sentenced to 15 months’ home detention when he was convicted of five hacking charges.
Read more on ABC (AU).