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Criminal

Jul. 21, 2011

Charges filed against WikiLeak avengers

FBI agents arrested 16 purported hackers accused of coordinating a cyber attack against PayPal Inc. after it denied service to WikiLeaks, the government announced Tuesday.

By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested 16 purported hackers accused of coordinating a cyber attack against PayPal Inc. after it denied service to the anonymous document posting website WikiLeaks, the government announced Tuesday.

According to an indictment filed in San Jose federal court and unsealed Tuesday, PayPal suspended WikiLeaks' accounts in November after the site published classified U.S. State Department c...

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