Sixteen Hackers Arrested For Cyber Crimes In US

US authorities on Tuesday arrested 16 people for cyber crimes including 14 over an on line attack on the Pay Pal website claimed by the hacking group "Anonymous,’ the Department of Justice said.
The US indictment against the 14 hackers alleges the denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Pay Pal were "retribution" because the site terminated a donation account for the whistle-blowing group WikiLeaks.
The Paypal attack suspects were arrested in raids in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington DC, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio, US officials said in a statement.
Two suspects were arrested under separate indictments but similar charges in Florida and New Jersey, while British police arrested one suspect and Dutch police four, it said.
In all FBI agents made 35 raids across the US as part of a probe into "coordinated cyber attacks against major companies and organizations," the FBI said.
Anonymous, an international hackers group, rose to fame with a series of attacks on websites linked to the Church of Scientology. The group gained further prominence after launching retaliatory attacks on companies perceived to be enemies of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.