The FBI has arrested 14 people suspected of ruffled the PayPal website.
The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday (07/20/2011). The attack
was allegedly carried out by the hacker as a revenge for the termination
of the company to the account of donations to WikiLeaks. All were
arrested, including a hacker group called Anonymous. Earlier reports
said that between 14 to 16 members of Anonymous were arrested on charges
of cyber attacks on Visa and Master Card websites.
''The defendants
allegedly conspired with others to intentionally damage a protected
computer with PayPal during the 6 to 10 December 2010,''said an FBI
official who declined to name. The suspects were detained in the police
jail in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts,
Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio and Washington DC. The FBI statement also added
that the deliberate destruction of the damage to a protected computer Cost''intentional sentenced to 10 years
in prison and a fine of $ 250,000. Each count of conspiracy to carry a
maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $ 250,000''.
Members of anonymous hackers called the move as "Operation Avenge
Assange" which reminded everyone in Assange, founder of Wikileaks. Owner
of the Paypal account for donations to stop using Wikileaks after the
U.S. government to urge the company.
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