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Suspected hackers arrested over Anonymous/LulzSec internet attacks

02

Sep

2011

Two men, aged 20 and 24, have been arrested by British police in connection with a series of internet attacks orchestrated by the Anonymous and LulzSec gangs. Scotland Yard says that the men, who were arrested in Mexborough, Doncaster, and Warminster in Wiltshire, remain in custody for questioning, and are being held at police stations […]

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UK police charge man in connection with Anonymous DDoS attacks

25

Aug

2011

A 22-year-old student has been charged by British police in connection with denial-of-service attacks carried out by the Anonymous hacktivist group. Peter David Gibson, of Hartlepool, County Durham, was arrested on April 5th by the PCeU (Police Central e-Crime Unit) as part of a police investigation into a series of high profile DDoS attacks against […]

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London’s Metropolitan police re-invest in fighting cybercrime

08

Aug

2011

UK broadsheet The Guardian reported recently that London’s Metropolitan Police Service, colloquially known as The Met, has quadrupled the size of its cybercrime unit in the last two months. This should make happy reading for readers of this site. Last year, after news that funding for fighting cybercrime in the UK had been cut significantly, […]

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