Police arrest alleged member of group behind Xbox Live and PSN attacks

An alleged member of the group claiming responsibility for the DDoS attacks that took Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network down for hours on Christmas day was?arrested this week in the United Kingdom. 22-year-old Vinnie Omari,?who is believed to be a member of self-styled hacker collective “Lizard Squad,” was arrested on suspicion of fraud. Thames Valley Police announced that he was arrested in connection with an investigation into PayPal thefts, but the search warrant presented to Omari shows that police were planning to search his phones, computers, email accounts, and more “in relation to the hacking of the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live systems over the Christmas period.”

Omari sent a picture of the search warrant to The Daily Dot, and said that police took “everything,” including his Xbox One, phones, laptops, and USB sticks. Security expert Brian Krebs?had previously identified Omari ? who appeared in an interview for Sky News as a “security analyst” commenting on the PSN and Xbox Live downtime ? as a member of Lizard Squad. For now, Omari has been released on bail, with?a court date set for the 10th of March. Charges are yet to be filed against him, but he told The Daily Dot that he’ll “know more when the forensics teams get more info.”