update 3 : lulzsec 's official twitter account has joined the this - does n't - matter chorus : seems the glorious leader of lulzsec got arrested , it 's all over now ... wait ... we 're all still here ! # antisec campaign as to who has been arrested . ryan was apparently despised by anonymous , and described today as a lulzsec irc admin . it would also suggest that there are only six members of lulzsec 's integral fuck - shit - up operations . on sunday , the group teamed up with distributed denial - of - service ( ddos ) specialists anonymous in an attempted " coup d'etat " of sorts , hacker news reported in may : " mr cleary was accused of stealing passwords and targeting the network servers used to keep anonymous 's websites running . " lulzsec has previously hacked the us senate , the cia , the nhs and an fbi partner company , as well as various games and entertainment companies . the first antisec victim appears to have been the uk 's serious organised crime agency ( soca ) , which on tuesday confirmed it came under ddos attack on monday . update 2 : another anon twitter account has chimed in , downplaying the significance of the arrest : sponsored if it is ryan then they 're alright .