14 held over PayPal cyber attack

FOURTEEN people were arrested for allegedly mounting a cyber attack on the PayPal website after it suspended the accounts of WikiLeaks.

Separately, FBI agents executed more than 35 search warrants around the country in a continuing investigation into coordinated cyber attacks against major companies and organisations.

As part of the effort, there were two arrests in the US unrelated to the attack on the PayPal payment service. Overseas, a 16-year-old boy was arrested by Scotland Yard in south London, and there were four arrests by the Dutch National Police Agency.

Computer hacking group LulzSec did not immediately return a message seeking comment. The group’s Twitter feed made no mention of any arrests.