Barrett Brown Arrested By FBI In Dallas Amid Cybercrime Investigation

A self-professed leader of the computer hacker group Anonymous was arrested by authorities in Dallas, officials said on Thursday. "He was arrested and brought in for booking about 11 p.m. last night," said Dallas County Sheriff's spokeswoman Carmen Castro.

She didn't know why Barrett Brown, 31, was arrested, saying there was no offense listed on the booking sheet. Brown was turned over to the FBI, she said.

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