A self-professed member of the Lizard Squad was arrested this week by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit in England, according to documents obtained by two publications and a Thames Valley Police press release. Who are Lizard Squad? Spoiler The Lizard Squad is a group of self-described hackers who since August have made a nuisance of and name for itself by taking down a variety of gaming networks, including Blizzard's, the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. On Dec. 1, the group threatened to take down both the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live over the holidays. They later claimed responsibility for both network outages, which stretched through Christmas. Omari told The Daily Dot that police raided his home Monday and arrested him. He also shared a search warrant with the publication, showing police were looking for any evidence revealing "email addresses, usernames, passwords, documents containing names associated with Paypal fraud." They were also looking for evidence, according to the warrant, for anything related to the "hacking of the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live systems over the Christmas period." Omari said police took his Xbox One, phones, laptops, computer USBs, "etc." The man was released on bail until March. According to the bail notice, Omari's first hearing will be March 10 at 11 a.m. in Surrey.
