A student committed a series of cyber attacks as part of hacking group Anonymous that cost the website PayPal £3.5 million, a court heard today.
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Christopher Weatherhead (went by the name, NERDO) , 22, was studying at Northampton University when he is alleged to have taken part in the cyber campaign which also attacked other sites including MasterCard, Visa, Ministry of Sound, the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). He said it was attacked after it decided not to process payments on behalf of the Wau Holland Foundation, an organisation involved in raising funds for WikiLeaks.
An online conversation between Weatherhead, who went by the online name of Nerdo, and someone called Neo said: "I think we should do something really bad, give spoofed IPs of PayPal etc, and get ISPs, it would be awesome, you know it's true."
At least 104 employees from eBay, the parent company of PayPal, were employed to work on issues directly related to the attack for three weeks afterwards, the court heard.
PayPal also had to pay for further software and hardware to defend against similar future attacks.
Victims of attacks would find their website would suddenly crash and be directed to a page displaying the message:
"You've tried to bite the Anonymous hand. "You angered the hive and now you are being stung."
More on : Anonymous hacker 'cost PayPal £3.5 million by crippling site' - Telegraph
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Christopher Weatherhead (went by the name, NERDO) , 22, was studying at Northampton University when he is alleged to have taken part in the cyber campaign which also attacked other sites including MasterCard, Visa, Ministry of Sound, the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). He said it was attacked after it decided not to process payments on behalf of the Wau Holland Foundation, an organisation involved in raising funds for WikiLeaks.
An online conversation between Weatherhead, who went by the online name of Nerdo, and someone called Neo said: "I think we should do something really bad, give spoofed IPs of PayPal etc, and get ISPs, it would be awesome, you know it's true."
At least 104 employees from eBay, the parent company of PayPal, were employed to work on issues directly related to the attack for three weeks afterwards, the court heard.
PayPal also had to pay for further software and hardware to defend against similar future attacks.
Victims of attacks would find their website would suddenly crash and be directed to a page displaying the message:
"You've tried to bite the Anonymous hand. "You angered the hive and now you are being stung."
More on : Anonymous hacker 'cost PayPal £3.5 million by crippling site' - Telegraph
