Julius ‘zeekill’ Kivimäki, former Lizard Squad hacker, arrested in France

Julius Kivimäki, the Finnish member of Lizard Squad — who as a teenager in 2015 was convicted on over 50,000 counts of computer crimes — has been arrested again in France.

Finnish police confirmed the arrest on Friday in a press release stating the suspect is being held by French authorities while they “immediately initiate measures to extradite the suspect to Finland.”

Finland’s police service had issued a European arrest warrant for Kivimäki, who now goes by the first name …

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