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Anonymous, the group of vigilante hackers launching cyberattacks against groups who have hindered the Wikileaks website, have already succeeded in slowing or downing a number of major websites. Now, their attacks have focused in on two of their long-term targets: Amazon, who shut down Wikileaks hosting, and PayPal, who stopped allowing the whistle-blowing website to receive donations through their service. As reported by Computer World , starting at about 8am, Pacific Time, on December 9th, Anonymous launched a denial-of-service attack against Amazon.com in an attempt to break the site, at least temporarily.
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Anonymous Focuses Cyberattacks on Amazon and PayPal