Anonymous vows revenge after 15 arrested
After 32 raids across Italy (and one in Switzerland), 15 alleged members of Anonymous have been arrested. The detainees, aged between 15 and 28 with five under 18, have been accused of performing denial of service attacks on Italian Web sites belonging to the government, and on both state and private broadcasters.
The Italian authorities are describing one of the suspects, a 26-year-old Swiss-Italian going by the monkier "Phre," as a "leader" of the hacking group. A further 30 suspects are still being sought.
As was the case with the Anonymous arrests in Spain and Turkey, the AnonOps faction within Anonymous has been swift to both promise revenge and dismiss claims that there are "leaders" of the group. The AnonOps response ends with a call to arms for other Italian Anons, imploring them to "Let [the government] have it, stronger than ever." In Italy, as with Spain before it, further denial of service attacks are likely to be the chosen response.
