Anonymous’ Operation Payback IRC Operator Arrested. A teenager was arrested yesterday on suspicion of being involved with the Anonymous' Operation Payback.
The operation orchestrated DDoS attacks on anti-piracy targets in the last months, and more recently against those who obstructed Wikileaks' work. Sources have informed TorrentFreak that the arrestee is one of the IRC-operators of Anonymous, known under the nickname Jeroenz0r. Starting mid-September, dozens of anti-piracy groups, copyright lawyers and pro-copyright outfits have been targeted by a group of Anonymous Internet ‘vigilantes’ under the flag of Operation Payback.
Dutch release man accused of cyber attacks. Dutch Arrest Teen for Pro-WikiLeaks Attack on Visa and MasterCard Websites. Anonymous members have adopted the Guy Fawkes masks made famous in the movie V for Vendetta as their own.
Dutch police announced Thursday they have arrested a 16-year-old boy for allegedly participating in the online attacks against Visa and MasterCard as part of a vigilante campaign to support WikiLeaks. The secret-spilling site has raised the ire of the U.S. government and others around the world for its ongoing release of secret diplomatic cables allegedly provided to the site by Army Pfc.
Bradley Manning.