Santa Cruz hacker arrested for shutting down Santa Cruz County website

The Cyber-war touches down in Santa Cruz.

Two hackers, allegedly responsible for shutting down the County Government website last December, were indicted to appear before a federal grand jury on three counts. A .pdf of the indictment is available here.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/96068448/Doyon-Covelli-Indt

The attack, which disabled the county wesbite for about a half-hour, was an act of solidarity with those arrested at Peace Camp 2010 (a homeless encampment protesting Santa Cruz City's sleeping ban) and happened a day after two of them were arraigned. One of the people arrested, Christopher Doyon, has an outstanding warrant from his participation in Peace Camp 2010.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/10/18655809.php

The group that claimed the attack, the "People's Liberation Front" (PLF), traces its history back to telecom scams that were used to support underground groups in the mid-1980's.

http://plf.eu.pn/

Free them all, eh?

From the Sentinel:

SANTA CRUZ -- A homeless activist who appears to have been instrumental in last year's Santa Cruz camping ban protests was arrested Thursday for allegedly hacking Santa Cruz County computers in December, federal authorities allege.

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