14 accused of Paypal cyberattack

Fourteen people have been arrested in the US for allegedly mounting a cyberattack on PayPal’s website in retaliation for suspending the accounts of WikiLeaks.

14 accused of Paypal cyberattack
Wed, 20 Jul, 2011 - 08:27

Fourteen people have been arrested in the US for allegedly mounting a cyberattack on PayPal’s website in retaliation for suspending the accounts of WikiLeaks.

The attacks on the online payment specialist by the group Anonymous followed the release by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks in November of thousands of classified US State Department cables.

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