The three alleged "hacktivists" helped organize an attack that temporarily disabled access to Sony's websites.
The men also were charged for launching attacks on Spanish banks BBVA and Bankia, and Italian energy group Enel SpA.
Spanish police said the accused, all in their 30's and Spanish, were arrested in Almeria, Barcelona and Alicante, and were guilty of coordinated computer hacking attacks from a server set up in a house in Gijon in the north of Spain.
The police did not rule out further arrests while Sony PlayStation spokesman Dan Race declined to comment on the arrests on Friday.
33 comments:
Wow. Just wow.
These hacktivists are so powerful... thats scary !
what's with the "V for Vendetta" mask?!
Meh. Sony should be more secure.
They should be- it's a ballache for it's customers
haha, those Spanish hackers D:
Regardless of whether they caught the hackers or not, Sony's credibility took a huge hit from this.
That's why i chose windows live over psn - even though you pay for the one service, it's still the more security you get.
So basically: None of the hackers have been arrested, three idiots who used a LOIC to DDOS and don't know how just thought it would be cool are in jail.
Payback for the time that i can't connect my ps3 to internet :c
Well at least they're starting to find the people who did it.
They used DDoS attack or some real hacking?
haha hacktivists.. The title suits them well :)
Hah,about time they were caught!
Lost dozen's of quality online gametime thanks to them! :P
Well done to the Police!
dannggg
payback for ps3
Hope they don't get too much prison time. Sucks for them.
As a PS3 owner I for one am glad.
Nice work for once..
Atleast they are taking the appropriate steps to tackle this situation.
woah!
Hacktivists. I'm not sure how I feel about this portmanteau.
Anonymous?
Lol.. Following
That's pretty crazy. That whole playstation situation has been a big mess.
sheesh, im glad they got these guys. I've heard they were planning more attacks on other companies.
I like how everyone thinks anonymous caused the months of psn down time and stole all the data that was stolen. People sure do pay attention huh?
3 fall and 6 will take up their place!
Quite a shock they found something like this.
that mask looks pretty cool, love that movie :)
I'm glad they got arrested, I wouldn't have been surprised if they tried to hack it again.
Not so anonymous, huh? :D
im surprised that they're in their 30's. I wonder how many more arrests will be made because i don't think these guys are alone.
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