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FBI arrests 14 suspected supporters Anonymous

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested 14 suspects in the U.S., which should have been on the attack of the hacker collective Anonymousauf PayPal to participate. Two more are suspected to have committed cyber crimes. In Britain, a person has been arrested, four others in the Netherlands, as the U.S. Department of Justice notifies.

According to the Ministry, the FBI came after more than 35 search warrants in the United States. The action was therefore part of ongoing investigations into a coordinated cyber attacks against major companies and organizations. To this day, in the case more than 75 raids have been carried out.

The age of defendants ranging from 20 to 42 years. At worst, they may face a conviction for intentionally damaging a protected computer for up to ten years imprisonment and a fine of $ 250,000. According to conspiracy Justizminsterium are a maximum of five years in prison and $ 250,000 fine.

Officials of the unit for eCrime of Scotland Yard have arrested in the meantime, a 16-year-olds in London who will be a key figure of the hacker group LulzSec. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police, told Fox News, the youth with the pseudonym “Tflow” was suspected of violating the Computer Misuse Act.

Reddit.com reports on a user named Reallyjay that 20 FBI agents raided his house. Meanwhile, at the time 13-year-old son was allegedly involved in the DDoS attacks on PayPal.

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