British Student Convicted In Anonymous’ PayPal DDoS Attack

By  |  December 6, 2012
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Christopher Weatherhead, a 22-year-old student at Northhampton Univeristy, has been convicted on one count of conspiracy to impair the operation of computers for his connection to Anonymous’ DDoS attack on PayPal.

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    Police state that the cybergang used Facebook and Twitter to recruit followers and publicized the DDoS attacks, reports The Paypers.

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