Spanish police have detained three men they believe to be members of the Anonymous Operation hackers collective, according to news reports.
Authorities believe the trio took part in a number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a Sony PlayStation stoe and government Websites in Algeria, Chile, Colombia,Egypt, Iran, Libya and New Zealand, Spain’s national police said in a statement on June 10. The three men also allegedly attacked Spanish government, law enforcement, banking and media sites.
According to the police, they are not suspected of having taken part in the attack onSony’s PlayStation Networkin April that compromised over 101 million user accounts, or in the DDoS attacks that preceded the massive data breach. Anonymous has already denied involvementbut has acknowledged that individual members could have taken part independently.
“Police arrested 3 #Anonymous leaders in Barcelona, Alicante & Almería. They attacked governments of Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Colombia,” Spanish authorities posted on Twitter.
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Meanwhile, Anonymous take down Monstanto's website:
Check it yourself at:
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/monsanto.com
Thanks to http://www.youtube.com/user/StrikerPrototype for the video.
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