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Student accused of Sony Pictures hack pleads not guilty

A 23-year-old student, believed to be a member of LulzSec, pleads not guilty to accusations of hacking the Sony Pictures site earlier this year.

by: Tom Brewster

18 Oct 2011

A man believed to be a member of LulzSec has pleaded not guilty to hacking the Sony Pictures website.

Sony was hacked numerous times earlier this year, with the Sony Pictures site hit in June with an SQL injection attack.

LulzSec took responsibility for compromising the site's servers, accessing over one million customers' details.

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