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HACK THE PLANET!!!

FBI Arrests 14 People Suspected of Anonymous Affiliation, Participation in DDOS Attacks

by Eric Limer | 4:56 pm, July 19th, 2011

Today, the FBI launched a number of raids pertaining to Anonymous DDOS attacks and has reportedly made 14 arrests nationwide. Arrests were made in New York, California, New Jersey and Florida and four of the raids in New York (Brooklyn, the Bronx, as well as Baldwin and Merrick on Long Island) resulted in the seizure of personal computers thought to have been used in the attacks.

This isn’t the first time hackers, or specifically, suspected Anonymous members have been arrested. Five Anonymous-related arrests were made back in January, Ryan Cleary, a suspected Lulzsec affiliate, was arrested about a month ago, and three men suspected of ties to Anonymous were arrested in Spain a few weeks prior to that. Still, this is the largest push to arrest Anonymous affiliated hackers in the U.S. to date.

Anonymous, by virtue of being a decentralized and well, anonymous organization, is unlikely to bend or break as a result of legal pressure and arrests. In fact, Anonymous has a history of being riled up by these sorts of things. Regardless, the fact that warrants have been issued and arrests have been made en masse suggests that perhaps members are not as anonymous as they think they are/contend to be. But it’s likely that they are in fact legion, which could make it difficult for the FBI to hurt their numbers through arrests. It also remains to be seen whether or not charges related to the DDOS attacks will stick. Either way, this serves as a de facto statement by the FBI that they are trying get this problem under control, and that they’re managing to find enough evidence to obtain warrants. Whether this scares other Anons, baits them into reckless attacks, or simply makes them more cautious is, for the moment, up for debate.

(CBS News via ZDNet)

  • spratt

    GREAT! ABOUT TIME!

  • http://twitter.com/Mr_Hax_Alot Trevro Austin Brown

    ok so im still young and learning but so far i have got that anonymous is a hacker organization and disregards the government, and 14 alleged affiliates of their’s have been arrested which will most likely not affect them because they are most likely a legion which would mean that they are huge in numbers and not be affected by this minuscule arrest 

  • Flaminwhale42

    it appears the FBI don’t know the first rule of the internet
    Dont Feed The Trolls

  • Flaminwhale42

    it appears the FBI don’t know the first rule of the internet
    Dont Feed The Trolls

  • Flynn

    No, don’t feed them.  Just bust their ass.

  • Anonymous

    I look forward to seeing how this places out.

  • Awd

    they rock :D


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