“Homeless Hacker” Arrested

Writer and activist Christopher Doyon has been arrested in Mexico in link with a cyber-attack on the Santa Cruz County government’s site carried out extra than a ten years back.

Doyon, who calls himself Commander X on the web, wrote and released the book Behind the Mask about his time as a member of hacking team Nameless. On social media, the 56-calendar year-outdated is also recognized as the Homeless Hacker.

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A previous resident of Mountain Perspective, California, Doyon was reportedly functioning on behalf of the self-styled cyber-warrior business People’s Liberation Entrance back in 2010 when the Massachusetts-based mostly team structured a protest in Santa Cruz.

In the course of the function, additional than 50 individuals camped outside the house the city’s district courthouse to protest the city council’s decision to tackle the issue of homelessness in Santa Cruz by banning camping in the metropolis. 

The protest, which started in July, was broken up by police in Oct. Doyon was arrested for sleeping in general public at the protest but unsuccessful to display up for a court date. A warrant was subsequently issued for his arrest. 

It is alleged that in December of 2010, Doyon released a Dispersed Denial of Services (DDoS) attack versus Santa Cruz County that knocked out the county’s site. 

Doyon was arrested in 2011 and billed with conspiracy to result in intentional destruction to a guarded computer system, leading to intentional destruction to a safeguarded pc, and aiding and abetting. He was launched on bail but failed to exhibit up for his federal court listening to scheduled for February 2012. 

The alleged Santa Cruz County attacker then reportedly fled to Canada, leaving his protection lawyer to cover the expense of his $35k bail bond. Doyon’s time residing on the streets of Toronto was captured by documentary co-producer Ian Thornton. 

Doyon was arrested in Mexico on June 11 by Mexican immigration authorities. On June 12 he was deported to the United States and arrested by FBI agents.  

Doyon appeared in advance of magistrate judge Donna Ryu in US District Courtroom for the Northern District of California to deal with indictment for his failure to seem in federal courtroom in 2012. He was jailed and is scheduled to appear currently for arraignment and identification of counsel.