Police in Spain have arrested three people involved in the clandestine web group known as Anonymous for their alleged involvement in the recent hacks systems from Sony and more.
Police arrests in Barcelona, Alicante and Almeria. A server hosted in the town of Gijon was also seized, according to information posted on the Twitter account of the Spanish police.
Hackers have attacked the Playstation Network, and government websites in Egypt, Iran, Colombia and Chile, officials said. They also targeted Spain's Central Election Board on May 18.Police have released a screenshot of the IRC, where organizers urged members of the attack Anonymous on the website of the Electoral Commission, as well as the Spanish police and RTVE.
Unnamed persons "has the ability to make decisions and direct attacks," police said. They have "coordinated DDoS attack to the collapse sites worldwide and is considered a threat by NATO."
Earlier this week, Anonymous has issued a warning after the NATO designated group of the enemy between the likes of al-Qaeda and North Korea. "Do not make the mistake of challenging Anonymous. Do not make the mistake of thinking that can decapitate headless snake. If you slice off one head of Hydra, ten more heads will grow in its place. If you cut down one Anon, ten more will join us purely out of anger at your trampling of dissent, "said Anonymous.
After the arrests, the police said they have disassembled Anonymous in Spain, but the Panda Labs analyst Luis Corrons was not so sure.
"I fear that nothing is further from the truth" according to a translated version of the blog Corrons. "We must remember that Anonymous is a very anarchic and has no hierarchy as such."
Corrons said he expects Anonymous to reprisals in the next few hours because they are not accustomed to being held accountable for their actions.
In fact, Anonymous does not want any police involvement. In January, British police arrested five men for their alleged involvement in a series of DDoS attacks that targeted the websites of Visa, MasterCard, Amazon and PayPal. The companies stopped processing payments and cut ties with Wikileaks accommodation after the publication 250,000 of State Department cables at the end of November, a movement with which you disagree Anonymous. Anonymous then accused the British government to make a "regrettable error" with the arrests.
As an analyst Graham Cluley of Sophos said the authorities are no doubt "in the hope that [server Gijon] may produce clues that help reveal the identity of the other anonymous activists."
The website has posted news about developments in Anonymous, anonnews.yup.name, said today that it is "experiencing strong DDoS attacks combined with a peak of legitimate traffic."
Sony has yet to comment on the arrests in Spain, but the company has offered in recent weeks that Anonymous has been implicated in the massive hack who had his system for nearly a month. Last month, Sony told members of Congress that one of Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) servers containing a file called "Anonymous" with the words "We Are Legion" motto of the group. The discovery came after Sony attacked Anonymous sites to protest against legal action from Sony. A branch known as Anonymous "SonyRecon" also directed the employees of Sony.
In response, a sometimes spokesman for Anonymous said the group has never engaged in credit card theft (which happened in the PlayStation hack) and that many of its corporate adversaries engage in activities far more ethically suspect than Anonymous. The main problem with such a statement is that Anonymous is a rather splintered group. If you say you are a member of Anonymous, you are a member of Anonymous, and there is no one to police your activity or kick you out if you misbehave.
Recently, it has LulzSec hacker group that has openly directed at Sony. They broke in SonyPictures.com and offered up to 54MB of Sony Computer Entertainment Developer source code of the network. The group has so far not commented on the arrests in Spain.
Police arrests in Barcelona, Alicante and Almeria. A server hosted in the town of Gijon was also seized, according to information posted on the Twitter account of the Spanish police.
Hackers have attacked the Playstation Network, and government websites in Egypt, Iran, Colombia and Chile, officials said. They also targeted Spain's Central Election Board on May 18.Police have released a screenshot of the IRC, where organizers urged members of the attack Anonymous on the website of the Electoral Commission, as well as the Spanish police and RTVE.
Unnamed persons "has the ability to make decisions and direct attacks," police said. They have "coordinated DDoS attack to the collapse sites worldwide and is considered a threat by NATO."
Earlier this week, Anonymous has issued a warning after the NATO designated group of the enemy between the likes of al-Qaeda and North Korea. "Do not make the mistake of challenging Anonymous. Do not make the mistake of thinking that can decapitate headless snake. If you slice off one head of Hydra, ten more heads will grow in its place. If you cut down one Anon, ten more will join us purely out of anger at your trampling of dissent, "said Anonymous.
After the arrests, the police said they have disassembled Anonymous in Spain, but the Panda Labs analyst Luis Corrons was not so sure.
"I fear that nothing is further from the truth" according to a translated version of the blog Corrons. "We must remember that Anonymous is a very anarchic and has no hierarchy as such."
Corrons said he expects Anonymous to reprisals in the next few hours because they are not accustomed to being held accountable for their actions.
In fact, Anonymous does not want any police involvement. In January, British police arrested five men for their alleged involvement in a series of DDoS attacks that targeted the websites of Visa, MasterCard, Amazon and PayPal. The companies stopped processing payments and cut ties with Wikileaks accommodation after the publication 250,000 of State Department cables at the end of November, a movement with which you disagree Anonymous. Anonymous then accused the British government to make a "regrettable error" with the arrests.
As an analyst Graham Cluley of Sophos said the authorities are no doubt "in the hope that [server Gijon] may produce clues that help reveal the identity of the other anonymous activists."
The website has posted news about developments in Anonymous, anonnews.yup.name, said today that it is "experiencing strong DDoS attacks combined with a peak of legitimate traffic."
Sony has yet to comment on the arrests in Spain, but the company has offered in recent weeks that Anonymous has been implicated in the massive hack who had his system for nearly a month. Last month, Sony told members of Congress that one of Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) servers containing a file called "Anonymous" with the words "We Are Legion" motto of the group. The discovery came after Sony attacked Anonymous sites to protest against legal action from Sony. A branch known as Anonymous "SonyRecon" also directed the employees of Sony.
In response, a sometimes spokesman for Anonymous said the group has never engaged in credit card theft (which happened in the PlayStation hack) and that many of its corporate adversaries engage in activities far more ethically suspect than Anonymous. The main problem with such a statement is that Anonymous is a rather splintered group. If you say you are a member of Anonymous, you are a member of Anonymous, and there is no one to police your activity or kick you out if you misbehave.
Recently, it has LulzSec hacker group that has openly directed at Sony. They broke in SonyPictures.com and offered up to 54MB of Sony Computer Entertainment Developer source code of the network. The group has so far not commented on the arrests in Spain.
