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13 Members of Anonymous Indicted for Cyber-Attacks

HeadlineOct 04, 2013

A U.S. grand jury has indicted 13 members of the hacker group Anonymous for launching cyber-attacks on an array of websites as part of a campaign for transparency and free access to information. Among other targets, the group is accused of attacking credit card companies that blocked payments to WikiLeaks and targeting film industry groups in retaliation for the shutdown of the video file-sharing website, “The Pirate Bay.”

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