Anonymous Hacks Spanish Police’s Website After Spanish Police Arrest 3 Anonymous Members

After Spanish police made three arrests of suspected hackers — who are also supposedly members of infamous hacker group Anonymous — in relation to the month-long PlayStation Network fiasco, Anonymous repaid the favor by hacking the Spanish police’s website, taking it down for about an hour with DDoS attacks. Anonymous took responsibility for the site’s outage, and said it was “a direct response to the Friday arrests of three individuals alleged to be associated with acts of cyber civil disobedience attributed to Anonymous.”

As per the Anonymous modus operandi, they left a message for the Spanish police:

Greetings Spanish Government:

We know you have heard of us; We are Anonymous. It has come to our attention that you deemed it necessary to arrest three of our fellow anons, … which you claim to be the leaders of Anonymous and for their participation in DDoS attacks against various websites…

First and foremost, DDoSing is an act of peaceful protest on the Internet. The activity is no different than sitting peacefully in front of a shop denying entry. Just as is the case with traditional forms of protest…

Regardless of how many times you are told, you refuse to understand. There are no leaders of Anonymous. Anonymous is not based on personal distinction…

Arresting somebody for taking part in a DDoS attack is exactly like arresting somebody for attending a peaceful demonstration in their hometown. Anonymous believes this right to peacefully protest is one of the fundamental pillars of any democracy…

You have not detained three participants of Anonymous. We have no members and we are not a group of any kind. You have, however, detained three civilians expressing themselves…

You are providing us with the fuel, but now you must expect the fire.

Awaiting your action,

Anonymous,

We are Legion.
We do not forgive your attacks on freedom.
We do not forget your ignorance.
Expect Revolution.
Expect us.

Hacker groups are getting more coverage since the PlayStation Network hack, as groups Anonymous and LulzSec seem to be making themselves more known to the public with hack after hack.

(via Eurogamer)