Hacker who highlighted notorious Ohio rape case pleads guilty

Deric Lostutter, 29, pleaded guilty in federal court in Lexington to one count of conspiracy and one count of making false statements to law enforcement agents after hacking into a site for fans of the Steubenville High School football team, according to court records. In his plea agreement, Lostutter, who aligned himself with the hacker collective Anonymous, admitted that he conspired with another hacker, Noah McHugh, to gain access to a Steubenville fan site in December 2012, four months after the arrests and days after a New York Times feature brought intense media attention. Lostutter, known as KYAnonymous online, posted a video threatening to expose personal information about Steubenville students.

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