North Carolinians in the news! The Hill reports that:

Andrew Otto Boggs of North Wilkesboro, 22, and Justin Gray Liverman, 24, allegedly operated with the group “Crackas With Attitude.” At least three other people are being investigated in the United Kingdom for involvement in the hacking.

According to the arresting complaint signed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agent BJ Kang, the hackers targeted four “senior U.S. government official[s]” and their families, two of whom worked for federal law enforcement. The group also struck the chief executive of a government contractor. The government has not released the names of the victims.

The report says the group began their cooperative effort in July of 2015. The crimes listed in the arrest report are said to have occurred around the end of 2015. It alleges that Boggs sent a direct message over Twitter to a hacker known as Cracka claiming the group’s purpose would “only be hitting governments and security firms.”