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Operation PayBack: Anonymous hacks Spain Police website

Anonymous attack
Madrid, Jun 13: In response to the arrest of three suspected Sony hackers, the hacker group Anonymous attacked Spain's national police website, leaving a warning to the police.

Spanish media reported that Anonymous, which was allegedly behind the attack on Sony services like PlayStation Network, Sony Online Entertainment and Qriocity, hacked police website on Saturday, Jun 11 and blocked access to it.

Spanish Police confirmed that Anonymous warned them of disabling the website, www.policia.es, but said police were still studying the reason for this.

Spanish force arrested three members of Anonymous for hacking a number of government and corporate websites, which included Sony. Police also seized computer server, which was responsible for the attack, form one of the hacker's home.

Earlier, Anonymous attacked website of National Informatics Centre (NIC INDIA) and posted their logo along with a message to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

OneIndia News

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