In San Jose, California, A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted an alleged computer hacker who is so called of trying to extort $1 million from a Redwood City-based online company by stealing its private data and threatening to release it publicly. Federal Agents on Tuesday confined about 25 people around the nation tied to hacker group Anonymous which has the charges of initiating a cyber attack on PayPal late last year.
In San Jose, US District Court’s indictment, 14 defendants including two bay area residents were charged in indulgence with the hacking operation 2010 i.e. Operation Avenge Assange and arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in nine states including Columbia. FBI declared publicly that there will be continuous search and investigation going on for cyber attacks. From New Jersey and Florida two more citizens were charged.
Familiar names like Anthrophobic, Toxic and Reaper the defendants are accused in the indictment of break off PayPal’s computer servers through denial of service attacks, restricting people from being able to use their valid and authorized PayPal accounts. The 14 defendants, mostly in their 20s, were charged with conspiracy and intentional damage to a protected computer.

Report by: – Vibhanshu Vaibhav