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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

US Arrests 16 Alleged Hackers Defending Wikileaks


A major action was announced today by the United States Justice Department as it arrested 16 people and executed 35 search warrants for alleged hackers mostly said to be involved in retaliation by the group Anonymous against PayPal for blocking payments to Wikileaks after it released a large number of classified documents late last year. Five arrests were also made in Europe.
The Justice Department press release is here and the associated documents are here, here, and here.

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