U.S. arrests 16 for roles in PayPal cyber attack

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U.S. authorities Tuesday arrested 16 people on charges they were involved in major cyber attacks including attacks on eBay's PayPal website as retribution for dropping WikiLeaks' donation account.

The FBI arrests were made as part of a wide-ranging investigation of the Internet vigilante hacking group Anonymous, both the FBI and Department of Justice said, and followed claims by the group that it broke into Apple servers and launched attacks last year that shut down sites of MasterCard and Visa.

Fourteen arrests were made in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The FBI executed more than 35 search warrants.

Their lawyer said.

Cohen compared the acts allegedly committed by his client and the others to civil disobedience. "The people being arrested are not being accused of acts of violence," Cohen said.

This is gonna piss off Anon, no? I suspect the FBI's & Department of Justice's websites may have some issues in the near future, along with a cyber letter attached to it

Ummmm....

Very imformative heading,now all it needs is a story to read

Originally posted by Bilder
Very imformative heading,now all it needs is a story to read

It's there, you don't see it?

arrested?

they ought to be knighted, or whatever the seppo equivalent is.

Originally posted by Swills

Originally posted by Bilder
Very imformative heading,now all it needs is a story to read

It's there, you don't see it?

When i first looked it was a blank screen

Originally posted by onefellswoop
arrested?

they ought to be knighted, or whatever the seppo equivalent is.

Well, no matter what we think, they broke the law and we all know how much the law is followed... or used against us. In any case, you break the law the law will definitely come for you.

The real criminals wear white collars but the law ignores them for the most part

Originally posted by Bilder

Originally posted by Swills

Originally posted by Bilder
Very imformative heading,now all it needs is a story to read

It's there, you don't see it?

When i first looked it was a blank screen

You know what's weird, you signature in your earlier post is huge, taking up a lot of real estate, but the one you posted with now is smaller

So anon want's to tell business's who they can and can't deal with?
All about freedom these guys,

Originally posted by Travlla
So anon want's to tell business's who they can and can't deal with?
All about freedom these guys,

It's not like we can no longer use MasterCard because of Anon we understand they broke the law & we understand the law is going after them. So long to their freedom

Originally posted by Travlla
So anon want's to tell business's who they can and can't deal with?
All about freedom these guys,

you dont get it. it was the american government telling business whom they can and cant deal with. That is why visa and mastercard revoked business with wikileaks. That is why mastercard and visa are now been taking to the european courts by wikileaks.....
Wikileaks is a business too and has not broken any laws or contracts. Visa, mastercard and the american government have...

reply to post by Swills

It's not like we can no longer use MasterCard because of Anon we understand they broke the law & we understand the law is going after them. So long to their freedom

The attacks on mastercard and paypal were peaceful in nature. It is the same as doing a sit in by the front door. These where not violent attacks, nothing was damaged nor was the infrastructure that allowed payments to occur damged..
The problem with driving peaceful protests underground is they tend to become less peaceful. These attacks should not have been a criminal act. It is the same as protesting in the street.
Now if they continue to be persecuted for something which should be protected under the constitution, then the attacks will become more severe in nature and maybe next time you will not be able to use your mastercard and visa...
but then I guess if government decides to use finacial companies as wepons of war, them people should not be suprised when these companies get hit...

Originally posted by onefellswoop
arrested?

they ought to be knighted, or whatever the seppo equivalent is.

Ah yes, nothing like saying they should be knighted while using a dergoatory term to describe Americans.