Paypal anonymous hack

Anonymous hackers plead guilty to PayPal cyberattack The hacktivist group claimed responsibility for the attack, which was in retaliation for PayPal's refusal to process payments for WikiLeaks. Steven Musil.

CBS Thirteen people have pleaded guilty to charges connected to a cyberattack on PayPal for the eBay unit's refusal to process payments for WikiLeaks. Discuss: Anonymous hackers plead guilty to PayPal cyberattack.

Mr Patel said one of the websites created by the group was also set up, paid for and run by the defendant using the fake name Moses Gustavsson.

Mr Weatherhead allegedly boasted that Heihachi permitted anything, even child pornography. The jury was told Mr Weatherhead discussing attacking the Bank of America and the law firm GM Legal, which was involved in anti-piracy work.

The court heard that Mr Weatherhead's home was raided on 27 January and computer equipment were seized. Mr Patel said Mr Weatherhead's security passwords were variations on the words "Nerdo is the best or worst hacker in the world". The court was told Anonymous were self-styled "hacktivists" who believed everything on the internet should be free.

Websites crashed. More than workers from PayPal's parent company eBay had to work on the problem. He claimed the computer belonged to his sister, Laura. Paypal, which is owned by eBay, said it received attacks from thousands of computers during the protest. Anonymous termed the attacks "Operation Paycheck" and targeted not just Paypal, but also larger credit card firms like Mastercard and Visa. The targeted firms had stopped processing payments to Wikileaks, the anti-secrecy site, in the wake of the publication of , classified US documents and diplomatic cables.

What is Wikileaks? The defendants took part in a protest that was organized by Anonymous.