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Same hacker may have targeted Ars, reporter Krebs, and Wireds Honan

Security reporter Brian Krebs has uncovered some details about one of the people tied to the attacks on Ars.com and the fraudulent 911 call that brought armed police to his house. The hacker, known as Phobia, was also involved in the hack of Wired reporter Mat Honan’s Google, Twitter, and iCloud accounts. He had been bragging to others that he was responsible for both the DOS attack on Krebs’ site and the call that led to armed police being called to his home in Milford, Connecticut.”]

Source: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/same-hacker-may-have-targeted-ars-reporter-krebs-and-wireds-honan/

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