Gene Simons v. Anonymous

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FBI raids Gig Harbor home in search of hacker who targeted Kiss frontman; link to elusive hacker gro

By LEVI PULKKINEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Updated 09:10 p.m., Thursday, May 5, 2011

The FBI has raided the Gig Harbor home of an alleged hacker suspected in a cyber attack against Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.

The October attack purportedly conducted by Anonymous – the same hacker group Sony claims crashed the Playstation Network – left the 61-year-old glam rocker’s websites down for about a week after he spoke at an anti-online piracy conference.

Now, an FBI cyber crime squad has traced the attack to a Gig Harbor home where agents seized computer equipment late last month.

In court documents filed with the U.S. District Court in Tacoma, a Los Angeles-based FBI special agent alleged the perpetrator of the attack was “most likely” someone living at the Gig Harbor residence.



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