Update: Reuters has updated its report with further information that has developed since the original story broke. Unfortunately for Sony, some of this new information contradicts earlier reports that these arrests were in conjunction with the PSN hack. The update states, in part:
"Spanish police alleged the three "hacktivists" helped organize an attack that temporarily shuttered access to some Sony websites. They were not linked to two massive cyber attacks against Sony's Playstation Network that resulted in the theft of information from more than 100 million customers."
We will update this story with additional information and clarification as further details emerge.
Three members of the infamous Anonymous "hacktivist" group have been arrested in Spain on charges of being involved in the recent devastating attack on the PlayStation Network, as well as for other unrelated cyber-attacks."Spanish police alleged the three "hacktivists" helped organize an attack that temporarily shuttered access to some Sony websites. They were not linked to two massive cyber attacks against Sony's Playstation Network that resulted in the theft of information from more than 100 million customers."
We will update this story with additional information and clarification as further details emerge.
As Reuters reports, three unnamed suspects were arrested in three separate Spanish cities. All were described as being in their 30s. According to the report, Spanish police claim those arrested "were guilty of coordinated computer hacking attacks from a server set up in a house in Gijon in the north of Spain."
There's little else in the way of concrete details currently available, but we will update this story as further information develops.
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