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Summary The Federal Investigation Agency arrested 16 people for cyber crimes.
The 14 men are charged with an online attack on the PayPal 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 PayPal 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.
