“Homeless Hacker” Arrested

Author and activist Christopher Doyon has been arrested in Mexico in connection with a cyber-attack on the Santa Cruz County government's website carried out more than a decade ago.

Doyon, who calls himself Commander X online, wrote and published the book Behind the Mask about his time as a member of hacking group Anonymous. On social media, the 56-year-old is also known as the Homeless Hacker.

A former resident of Mountain View, California, Doyon was reportedly working on behalf of the self-styled cyber-warrior organization People's Liberation Front back in 2010 when the Massachusetts-based group organized a protest in Santa Cruz.

During the event, more than 50 people camped outside the city's district courthouse to protest the city council’s decision to tackle the issue of homelessness in Santa Cruz by banning camping in the city. 

The protest, which began in July, was broken up by police in October. Doyon was arrested for sleeping in public at the protest but failed to show up for a court date. A warrant was subsequently issued for his arrest. 

It is alleged that in December of 2010, Doyon launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against Santa Cruz County that knocked out the county's website. 

Doyon was arrested in 2011 and charged with conspiracy to cause intentional damage to a protected computer, causing intentional damage to a protected computer, and aiding and abetting. He was released on bail but didn't show up for his fede ..

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