British police have arrested five men for alleged involvement in a string of denial-of-service attacks in defense of WikiLeaks launched late last year by hacker group Anonymous. Two men, ages 20 and 26, and three teenagers, ages 15, 16, and 19, were charged with violating the Computer Misuse Act of 1990, the . The arrests were carried out by the Central e-Crime Unit in the U.K. residential neighborhoods of West Midlands, Surrey, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Surrey, and London as a part of an ongoing investigation into the DDoS attacks by European and American authorities. Aftermore than 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables nearly three months ago, a flood of companies yanked their support for the site. The whistle-blowing site was , it , and financial companies ceased processing the donations necessary to support the non-profit. "Hacktivist" group Anonymous, in turn, started toagainst those attempting to silence WikiLeaks. MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal were among the companies targeted. However, not all of the targets were crippled. An attack against Amazon proved unsuccessful. Anonymous operates hacker group Operation Payback, which reportedly includes members of the "/b/" bulletin board 4chan.org. In addition to defending WikiLeaks, Operation Payback runs a campaign against anti-piracy organizations, and has targeted the Web properties of groups like , the , and the . The BBC said Anonymous' members prefer to call themselves "average Internet citizens," as opposed to hackers. Their efforts have most recently extended to Egypt, where amid mounting government protests, the authorities have . U.S. authorities are continuing an investigation into WikiLeaks. Julian Assange, the site's editor, is fighting extradition to Sweden where he faces unrelated rape charges filed by two former WikiLeaks volunteers. He's currently residing in London, where he wasand is set tofor a full extradition hearing early next month. Rave 2.0 EP.Long and Overdue .Counterstrike.4 Pumps.Control EP
'Anonymous' Members Arrested for Cyber Attacks in Support of WikiLeaks
British police have arrested five men for alleged involvement in a string of denial-of-service attacks in defense of WikiLeaks launched late last year by hacker group Anonymous. Two men, ages 20 and 26, and three teenagers, ages 15, 16, and 19, were charged with violating the Computer Misuse Act of 1990, the . The arrests were carried out by the Central e-Crime Unit in the U.K. residential neighborhoods of West Midlands, Surrey, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Surrey, and London as a part of an ongoing investigation into the DDoS attacks by European and American authorities. Aftermore than 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables nearly three months ago, a flood of companies yanked their support for the site. The whistle-blowing site was , it , and financial companies ceased processing the donations necessary to support the non-profit. "Hacktivist" group Anonymous, in turn, started toagainst those attempting to silence WikiLeaks. MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal were among the companies targeted. However, not all of the targets were crippled. An attack against Amazon proved unsuccessful. Anonymous operates hacker group Operation Payback, which reportedly includes members of the "/b/" bulletin board 4chan.org. In addition to defending WikiLeaks, Operation Payback runs a campaign against anti-piracy organizations, and has targeted the Web properties of groups like , the , and the . The BBC said Anonymous' members prefer to call themselves "average Internet citizens," as opposed to hackers. Their efforts have most recently extended to Egypt, where amid mounting government protests, the authorities have . U.S. authorities are continuing an investigation into WikiLeaks. Julian Assange, the site's editor, is fighting extradition to Sweden where he faces unrelated rape charges filed by two former WikiLeaks volunteers. He's currently residing in London, where he wasand is set tofor a full extradition hearing early next month. Rave 2.0 EP.Long and Overdue .Counterstrike.4 Pumps.Control EP