Hackers have already expressed already dismay after it emerged that that Cody Kretsinger, who was arrested by the FBI last Thursday for allegedly hacking into the Sony Pictures website, had been identified via his use of HideMyAss’s proxy service to disguise his IP (internetprotocol) address when connecting to the Sony Pictures site.

At least one more member of the hacking group LulzSec, known online as “Neuron”, may be arrested if traced by their use of a Britishanonymous VPN (virtual private network) proxy service, following a similar arrest last week.

Kretsinger allegedly went by the online handle “Recursion” which crops up in chatlogs from the group posted on the Pastebin site. “Recursion” boasted boated of hacking into the Sony Pictures site.

However the Pastebin logs also show that another LulzSec member, using the handle “Neuron”, also claimed to use the HideMyAss service. Neuron and Recursion are not the same people.

The LulzSec chatlog records posted by the Guardian covering a period from 31 May show the two in the same chatroom at the same time, and on one occasion addressing each other directly.

“Recursion” quit the group after it attacked an FBI-related site early in June, but “Neuron” remained.

The company added that it would only hand over logs if they were the subject of a valid UK court order.

If a request for information is sent to us from overseas, we will not accept this request unless it is sent through the appropriate UK channels and a UK judge warrants a court order or a court summons that forces us to provide this information.

We are not intimidated by the US government as some are claiming.

We are simply complying with our countries legal system to avoid being potentially shut down and prosecuted ourselves.

Some questioned whether HideMyAss which says that it helped people in Egypt to evade crackdowns during the Arab spring protests would hand over details of individuals to repressive regimes such as Syria.

The company says in the blogpost that it would not because “[in] UK law, there isn’t a law that prohibits the use of Egyptians gaining access to blocked websites such as Twitter, even if there is one in Egypt.”

The revelation that the service retains some log details has caused outrage amid parts of the hacking community with a number vowing never to use HideMyAss’s service again.

David Goodman, director of the Ohio Department of Commerce, warned Ohioans to be alert to an email scam telling the recipient that they have international unclaimed funds worth millions in cash. A new e-mail scam promising riches to unsuspecting recipients is making its way across the country and this one appears to bear the approval of the FBI.

“Pure and simple, this is a scam,” said Director Goodman. “The sender of the email is not looking to return the money — they want to trick the recipient to obtain their personal financial information.”

The email fraudulently says it is from an unclaimed funds official and implies that an FBI agent vetted the matter. It is full of official jargon and states that the recipient need not pay to obtain the funds. If an email recipient responds, he or she is directed to contact an overseas attorney.

Director Goodman is concerned that the fraudulent email is attributed to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators. The Ohio Department of Commerce’s Division of Unclaimed Funds is a member of the organization. The Division of Unclaimed Funds would not direct a claim recipient to a private third party, charge fees to claim funds, or request bank account information.

Ohioans can search for unclaimed funds at the division’s website . Individuals without Internet access can write the division with the hames to be checked out and the Ohio counties in which the individuals have lived.