{"id":93257,"date":"2013-12-09T03:53:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T01:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=93257"},"modified":"2013-12-09T08:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T06:36:41","slug":"anonymous-paypal-cyber-attackers-plead-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/93257-anonymous-paypal-cyber-attackers-plead-guilty.html","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous PayPal cyber-attackers plead guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"

A group of 13 defendants who had been charged in a cyber attack on PayPal<\/a>‘s website pleaded guilty and admitted to the December 2010 attack over PayPal’s suspension of WikiLeaks<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n

The pleas took place in a California federal court on Thursday and were announced on Friday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Following the release of a large amount of classified documents by WikiLeaks, PayPal suspended its accounts so that the anti-secrecy website could no longer receive donations. In retribution, the group “Anonymous<\/a>” coordinated and executed denial-of-service attacks against PayPal.<\/p>\n

The group of defendants who pleaded guilty were composed of 11 men and two women. Ten of them pleaded to a felony charge, but will be allowed to change that to a misdemeanor next year if they do not violate terms of their agreement before sentencing, according to the U.S. attorney’s statement.<\/p>\n

The three other defendants agreed to misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\n

EBay<\/a>‘s PayPal unit is a service that facilitates the electronic transfer of money between parties.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Dan Levine; Editing by Peter Cooney)<\/p>\n

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