Guccifer Unmasked!

• Romanian authorities announced Wednesday the arrest of Marcel Lazar Lehel, 40, a hacker believed to work under the name 'Guccifer'.
• Guccifer became known in the U.S. a year ago after releasing personal Bush family pictures.
• In Romania his hacking dates as far back as 2010. 
• He was found guilty in his home country of a dozen hacking-related charges in February 2012.

The hacker who goes by the alias Guccifer and is known for releasing pictures of former President George W Bush's paintings has been captured in Romania.

Romanian authorities announced Wednesday that they arrested 40-year-old Marcel Lazar Lehel in the town of Arad.

The raid was organized by Romania's Directorate of Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) who said that they were cooperating with U.S. authorities.

Guccifer became known in the U.S. last year when he released pictures of former President George H.W. Bush in the hospital along with other former president George W Bush's hobby paintings.

While Bush II's paintings turned out to be more of a lighthearted hack, Guccifer eventually went on to expose the more serious secrets of America's powerful.

Guccifer hacked into the website of Colin Powell, revealing an affair between the former secretary of state and Romanian European Parliament member Corina Cretu - an affair the married man continues to deny.

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