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Alleged hacker arrested in FBI sting on PayPal attacks faces Internet ban, while hacktivist group calls for PayPal boycott.

Different hacker groups claim to have breached servers belonging to ImageShack, Symantec, PayPal and other organizations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233262/Hackers_claim_attacks_against_ImageShack_Symantec_PayPal_other_websites?taxonomyId=142

 

As it becomes the 5th of November around the world, Anonymous announced a hacking spree that has claimed many websites and a few databases - plus a planned V For Vendetta reenactment at the Houses of Parliament.

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://www.zdnet.com/paypal-symantec-hacked-as-anonymous-begins-november-5-hacking-spree-7000006876/

 

Quand Anonymous attaque, PayPal contre-attaque : en réponse à l'appel au boycott lancé en fin de semaine dernière par le groupement hacktiviste, le service de paiement en ligne a donné au FBI un listi...

Some of the suspects accused of participating in a December attack organized by the Anonymous hacker collective that caused numerous service disruptions on PayPal were shocked to learn that the net isn't all that anonymous, or that it's illegal to impair other people's computers.

According to The New York Times, some of the 14 people charged with carrying out denial-of-service attacks on the eBay-owned payment service saw no need to cover their tracks because they didn't know what they were doing was a felony.