Apparent WikiLeaks-related cyber attacks continued Friday following the arrest of a Dutch teenager in connection with attacks on MasterCard and Paypal.
The websites of police and prosecutors in the Netherlands were working only sporadically Friday after the 16-year-old was taken into custody. Dutch media reported that the "hacktivist" group Anonymous, which supports WikiLeaks, had been targeting the two sites with denial-of-service attacks. Such attacks flood websites with traffic, making them unavailable.
Anonymous has taken responsibility for attacks on companies such as Visa that have cut off support to WikiLeaks or have been alleged to have cut off support for WikiLeaks. In Visa's case, it had begun refusing to allow donations to the site on Dec. 7, nine days after WikiLeaks began releasing classified U.S. diplomatic cables onto the internet.
For more: CBC News - World - WikiLeaks cyber war continues after arrest
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