Vinnie Omari, a 22-year-old member of the group Lizard Squad, was arrested on Monday after British law enforcement agents from the South East Regional Organized Crime Unit raided his home.

That’s the case for Vinnie Omari, who served as a spokesperson for Lizard Squad when they received international media attention for their large scale DDoS attacks that enraged millions of gamers.

According to various reports, 22-year-old Vinnie Omari, a member of Lizard Squad, has been arrested “on suspicion of fraud by false representation and Computer Misuse Act offences” by UK police.

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 ...

One of the guys allegedly responsible for keeping you from playing video games on Christmas Day 2014 has been arrested. On Monday (Dec. 29) United Kingdom police arrested Vinnie Omari, 22, alleged ...

Update 2: Thames Valley Police has clarified that Vinnie Omari's arrest was not specifically related to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live outages that took place over the holiday period.

Vinnie Omari. Facebook Krebs said Omari's voice, which he first heard in the Sky News interview, matches the voice in a video Omari posted on his personal YouTube channel.

Vinnie Omari was the first. On New Year’s Eve he was raided by the South East Regional Organized Crime Unit, which collared him on suspicion of cyber fraud offenses committed in 2013 and 2014.

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YouTube/Sky News "Ryan" from Lizard Squad, who is believed to be Julius Kivimäki. Security researcher and former cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs says he knows exactly who may be behind the ...

Vauhini Vara, a contributor to The New Yorker's Web site, spoke with Vinnie Omari, a British hacker associated with Lizard Squad, about the group and its aims. Read More.