Cody Kretsinger, Alleged 'LulzSec' Hacker From Arizona, on Way to L.A. for Sony Hacking Trial

Perhaps the most high-profile LulzSec hack (besides the CIA attack) was that of Sony Pictures Entertainment, whose headquarters are located right here in Culver City. Today, FBI officials proudly announced the capture of 23-year-old Cody Kretsinger, alias "Recursion"...

... who they allege to have been behind the late-May/early-June Sony operation.

The fact that investigators found Kretsinger in Phoenix is telling. LulzSec's politically charged hack of Arizona law-enforcement records in June obviously had some local interest and know-how behind it, and surely cops in the area will have been hunting the perps harder than in other parts of the country, where LulzSec has faded from headlines.

Arizona Department of Public Safety lieutenant Larry Parks told us at the time that officials took the leak very personally:

The officer says he feels terrible for a few of his colleagues, who had their personal info -- wives' names, home addresses, cell phones -- posted on the "Chinga la Migra" home page.

"I find that a little disconcerting," he says. "It makes it a little personal -- makes you worry every time the phone rings."

But the charges Kretsinger faces in L.A. are solely stemming from the Sony breach, which exposed "one million users' personal data, 3.5 million digital coupons and 75,000 music codes."