A 19-year-old human has been arrested in the Shetland Islands as segment of an scrutiny in to hacking groups, Anonymous and LulzSec.
The human is suspected of using the online nickname Topiary and presenting himself as a orator is to groups.
Both high-profile hacker groups are well known for hidden and releasing in isolation data from websites.
Police are moreover probing a residence in Lincolnshire and interviewing a 17-year-old child beneath caution.
Officers from the police's Central e-Crime Unit arrested the young person in what they explain as a "pre-planned intelligence-led operation".
A matter from the Metropolitan Police says they think he is related to an continuing general scrutiny in to a number of cyber-attacks on general businesses and comprehension agencies.
The human was arrested on Wednesday and is being taken to London whilst his home is searched.
LulzSec has formerly claimed shortcoming for attempted hacks done on the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), the US Senate, the CIA and the Sun newspaper.
On Monday, Anonymous expelled secret papers stolen from an Italian cybercrime unit.
Last month, LulzSec voiced it was disbanding.
Ryan Cleary, 19, of Wickford, Essex, was charged final month with 5 offences beneath the Criminal Law and Computer Misuse Acts, inclusive an purported hacking assault against Soca's website.
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