Saturday, January 29, 2011

Hacker attacks: FBI takes action against WikiLeaks-supporters

Police have searched in the U.S. more than 40 homes. The investigations are directed against the hacker group "Anonymous". She had paralyzed in solidarity with WikiLeaks sites of large companies. The British police arrested five cyber activists. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has searched in investigation of cyber-attacks more than 40 homes.

The authority announced on Thursday evening, the attacks were directed against large organizations and companies such as Amazon. They had been attacked by hackers, after the unveiling platform WikiLeaks secret U.S. documents was published. The attacks are alleged to have been committed by a group called "Anonymous", had supported the WikiLeaks.


The raids coincided with the arrest of five suspected computer hackers by the British police. They had committed to WikiLeaks. The young men aged between 15 and 26 years should have paralyzed with computer attacks on companies such as Mastercard, Visa and PayPal their websites. The five suspects were "anonymous".

The company had after the sensational publication of confidential documents from the U.S. Department of the payment set by WikiLeaks and brought the revelation that platform in financial difficulties. Then had the world's supporters' action Payback "together. She put through focused and coordinated access to the websites of companies that temporarily paralyzed.

WikiLeaks had not called for the attacks. The investigation against "Anonymous" has been continued, said the British police. They would be taken forward in "cooperation with law enforcement authorities in Europe and the USA".

No comments:

Post a Comment