Incident
incident:anonymous_paypal_attack
Also: attack on PayPal
Attack in which Anonymous participants targeted PayPal after it suspended and froze donations to WikiLeaks.
Attack in which Anonymous participants targeted PayPal after it suspended and froze donations to WikiLeaks.
“a group of Anonymous people decided to take PayPal offline”
“Fourteen people were arresting for this attack on PayPal.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Anonymous | Explicit | 63 |
| outgoing | TARGETS | PayPal | Explicit | 63 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | DDoS | Attributed | 63 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Higinio Ochoa | Explicit | 63 |
Anonymous PayPal attack ATTRIBUTED_TO Anonymous
Jack says a group of Anonymous people decided to take PayPal offline in retaliation for its treatment of WikiLeaks.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 63 Details
“a group of Anonymous people decided to take PayPal offline”
Anonymous PayPal attack TARGETS PayPal
The attack on PayPal targeted PayPal after it suspended and froze WikiLeaks donations.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 63 Details
“PayPal suspended and froze all donations to Wikileaks”
“decided to take PayPal offline”
Anonymous PayPal attack INVOLVES DDoS
The PayPal attack is described as part of the large Anonymous DDoS activity.
Attributed Confidence 91% · Reporter2 EP 63 Details
“Anonymous hacktivists, hacker activists, have basically gotten together and are exacting revenge”
“as they were doing these giant DDosses”
Anonymous PayPal attack INVOLVES Higinio Ochoa
Higinio says he was present in the chat rooms from the planning phases through launch and helped organize participation in the attack.
Explicit Confidence 97% · W0Rmer EP 63 Details
“I was in the chatrooms when that was going on, yeah, from the planning phases to the kicking it off”
“I was definitely part of the machine”