Internet hacker arrested

DETECTIVES arrested a 19-year-old man as part of the investigation into hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec.

The alleged hacker, who is said to use the online nickname “Topiary” and present as himself as a spokesman for the groups, was held in the Shetland Islands, Scotland Yard said.

Police were also searching a house in Lincolnshire and interviewing a 17-year-old boy under caution in connection with the inquiry.