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.

14 held over PayPal cyber attack

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.

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