A 16 year old boy was arrested in London on Tuesday night, when the FBI arrested at least 14 people after raiding homes in the United States as part of an international effort by activist groups and anonymous LulzSec piracy.
The arrests and raids were conducted in Florida, California and New Jersey and the objectives pursued suspected members of the collective hacking has hit the headlines in recent months a number of high-profile attacks. Computers and other equipment were seized at various addresses in New York and local agents executed search warrants in New York and Long Island, but - not arrested.
"These raids are being executed in the context of an ongoing investigation of the FBI," said an FBI spokesman in New York. More arrests could follow, legal sources said.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed the arrest in London was related to the U.S. operation. He added: "The E-crime officers from the Met computer unit arrested a 16-year-old male in the afternoon on Tuesday on suspicion of violating the abuse of computing. He was arrested at an address in the South London and remains in custody at a central London police. "
The actions on both sides of the Atlantic, followed raids targeting members of Anonymous that have taken place elsewhere in the world, including Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. More than 30 people believed to be related to the group have been arrested.
Anonymous hit the mainstream headlines in December when they joined the support of Wikileaks founder Julian Asanga. Has an agenda of sympathy for the freedom of information and attacked the websites of companies such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal to protest companies cut ties with Wikileaks and making it difficult for Assange to raise money from supporters.
Since then, piracy has become a hot topic in the U.S. and other computer attacks have been members or supporters by Anonymous on objectives such as the CIA and Fox News and the Arizona Department of
Corrections. The latter was the subject of anger in Arizona's efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants.
Often, after successful attacks, people claiming to be part of the group to post on the Twitter service and social messages boasting of attacks or showing that achieve their goals.
Piracy comes in many forms but a common method used by Anonymous was a "distributed denial of service" attack in which members create a computer network that bombard a website with information requests and, finally, that overwhelms traffic. This type of attack is illegal.
Another group of hacking, called LulzSec has also been the target of the wrath of law enforcement in America. Last month, FBI agents raided an address in Iowa and asked a woman about possible links with the group. LulzSec made headlines Monday when the site was cut from The Sun. He later claimed to have obtained information from password to the email accounts of senior executives from international news including former CEO Rebecca Brooks, who is in the center of the storm phone-piracy around the company.
The arrests and raids were conducted in Florida, California and New Jersey and the objectives pursued suspected members of the collective hacking has hit the headlines in recent months a number of high-profile attacks. Computers and other equipment were seized at various addresses in New York and local agents executed search warrants in New York and Long Island, but - not arrested.
"These raids are being executed in the context of an ongoing investigation of the FBI," said an FBI spokesman in New York. More arrests could follow, legal sources said.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed the arrest in London was related to the U.S. operation. He added: "The E-crime officers from the Met computer unit arrested a 16-year-old male in the afternoon on Tuesday on suspicion of violating the abuse of computing. He was arrested at an address in the South London and remains in custody at a central London police. "
The actions on both sides of the Atlantic, followed raids targeting members of Anonymous that have taken place elsewhere in the world, including Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. More than 30 people believed to be related to the group have been arrested.
Anonymous hit the mainstream headlines in December when they joined the support of Wikileaks founder Julian Asanga. Has an agenda of sympathy for the freedom of information and attacked the websites of companies such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal to protest companies cut ties with Wikileaks and making it difficult for Assange to raise money from supporters.
Since then, piracy has become a hot topic in the U.S. and other computer attacks have been members or supporters by Anonymous on objectives such as the CIA and Fox News and the Arizona Department of
Corrections. The latter was the subject of anger in Arizona's efforts to crack down on illegal immigrants.
Often, after successful attacks, people claiming to be part of the group to post on the Twitter service and social messages boasting of attacks or showing that achieve their goals.
Piracy comes in many forms but a common method used by Anonymous was a "distributed denial of service" attack in which members create a computer network that bombard a website with information requests and, finally, that overwhelms traffic. This type of attack is illegal.
Another group of hacking, called LulzSec has also been the target of the wrath of law enforcement in America. Last month, FBI agents raided an address in Iowa and asked a woman about possible links with the group. LulzSec made headlines Monday when the site was cut from The Sun. He later claimed to have obtained information from password to the email accounts of senior executives from international news including former CEO Rebecca Brooks, who is in the center of the storm phone-piracy around the company.
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