A British man with ties to LulzSec was indicted on conspiracy and hacking charges for attacking websites operated by Fox, PBS, and Sony.

Twenty-year-old Ryan Cleary was indicted Tuesday in US District Court in Los Angeles, but he is already in custody in England because he faces similar charges there for running botnets and mounting DDoS attacks.

"Federal authorities allege that between April 2011 through June 2011, Cleary conspired with LulzSec members to intentionally cause damage to the computer systems of Fox Entertainment Group in Los Angeles and stole confidential information including data relating to people auditioning for 'The X-Factor,'" the Los Angeles Times reported. "The indictment also alleges Cleary hacked into and defaced the PBS NewsHour website and created a separate website where he and others published confidential information stolen from entertainment company systems."

The latter activity included stealing information from people who had registered accounts on a site operated by Sony Pictures. The indictment charges Cleary with one count of conspiracy and two counts of unauthorized impairment of protected computers. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years if convicted, the Times said.

Cleary, who operated a LulzSec IRC server, was arrested in the UK one year ago for allegedly running botnets and taking part in DDoS attacks against the Serious Organised Crime Agency, British Phonographic Industry, and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. LulzSec coordinated an epic 50 days of hacking mayhem in mid-2011, but is in disarray with its leader Hector Monsegur having coordinated with the FBI to help bring down his former colleagues.