UK police arrest five over Anonymous WikiLeaks attacks

Five people were arrested yesterday in connection with a spate of online attacks last month in support of WikiLeaks.Police said the five males, aged 15, 16, 19, 20 and 26, were arrested in a series of raids at 7am in the West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Surrey and London. All five are being held in custody at local police stations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/27/anonymous-hackingAlso see:Five arrested over ‘Anonymous’ web attacks
Five men have been arrested over a spate of recent web attacks carried out in support of Wikileaks.The five males are being held after a series of arrests at residential addresses in the West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Surrey and London this morning.The men were arrested in relation to “recent and ongoing” attacks by an online group that calls itself “Anonymous”.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12299137UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for cyber attacks
British police arrested five young men on Thursday following an investigation into Internet activists who carried out cyber attacks against groups they viewed as enemies of the WikiLeaks website.”The arrests were related to recent ‘distributed denial of service’ (DDoS) attacks by an online group calling themselves Anonymous,” London police said in a statement.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/01/27/idINIndia-54454620110127Teens arrested over cyber attacks on anti-WikiLeaks companies [The Times]
Three teenagers are among five males arrested on suspicion of carrying out cyber attacks on the websites of companies that have refused to do business with WikiLeaks.The five, aged 15, 16, 19, 20 and 26, were arrested at their homes in the West Midlands, Northamptonshire, both in central England, Hertfordshire and Surrey, in southern England, and London early yesterday morning.
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