12 Facts About Ryan Ackroyd

At the time, Ryan Ackroyd posed as a female hacker named "Kayla" and was responsible for the penetration of multiple military and government domains and many high profile intrusions into the networks of Gawker in December 2010, HBGaryFederal in 2011, PBS, Sony, Infragard Atlanta, Fox Entertainment and others.

Ryan Ackroyd eventually served 30 months in prison for his hacking activities.

On his Twitter account, Ryan Ackroyd vowed to help the security of the systems he once breached, stating that he would "help secure and defend the systems in hopes we can all learn from each other, should I be given the chance to do so".

Ryan Ackroyd is said to have LLI which is why he is driven by wanting to learn how everything works.

Ryan Ackroyd was an infantry soldier who served in Iraq where he specialised in encrypting military communications and systems.

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In 2011, Ryan Ackroyd was part of the small group of hackers who breached the security of HBGaryFederal.

Ryan Ackroyd is responsible for the hack on Booz Allen, where Edward Snowden was an employee.

Ryan Ackroyd was responsible for the hack into Gawker Media's computer networks in December 2010, in retaliation to what Ackroyd perceived to be behaviour condescending of Anonymous and other affiliated hackers.

Ryan Ackroyd was released on bail with fellow co-defendants Tflow and Topiary.

Ryan Ackroyd was accused of installing a trip-wire which activated as soon as agents moved his computer upon raiding his home, which clean erased all data on his system.

On 9 April 2013, Ryan Ackroyd appeared in court for the final time where he was branded "highly forensically aware" by the court.

Ryan Ackroyd was an Associate Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University and was enrolled on a master's degree in information systems security.