Suspected LulzSec and Anonymous members arrested in UK
Four men have been arrested in separate parts of the UK by police investigating the hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec.The suspects - from Doncaster, Warminster, Northampton and London - are being questioned by Scotland Yard's e-Crime unit.
Their arrests are part of a wider operation involving UK law enforcement and the FBI.
At the same time, 14 suspected members of Anonymous appeared in a US court.
Authorities around the world have been rounding up suspects following a wave of attacks by both groups on major corporations and government institutions.
Amazon, PayPal, the CIA, US Senate and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency have all suffered either intrusions or denial of service attacks, designed to take their websites offline. More...
09-02-2011 16:57
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