Hackers Punish After Arrests

Hackers identifying themselves with Antisec have pounded the website of Panda Labs' anti-malware products.

It follows yesterday's detain of an purported associate of the transformation to one side others related to the Lulzsec hacking collective.

The company's homepage was transposed with a summary adage "Love to Lulzsec/Antisec depressed friends".

It indicted the definite of having helped military detain other hackers final month. The company denies the claim.

The organisation Lulzsec and hackers entangled with "Operation Antisec" all pick out themselves beneath the wider Anonymous heading.

Panda Lab's Spanish primogenitor company, Panda Security, mentioned it was questioning the penetration but mentioned it could assure its customers that nothing of their data had been compromised.

The hackers' summary claimed that: "Pandasecurity.com... has warranted allowance using law coercion to slink and inform on on Anonymous activists. They helped to prison 25 Anonymous in not similar countries and they were actively participating in our IRC channels perplexing to dox [obtain personal data about] many others."

The enemy went on to affirm that the firm's services had been used to aim activists campaigning against "injustices" who had not been entangled in hacking.

However, Panda Security's technical director, Luis Corrons, told the BBC that the definite had not been entangled in February's arrests in Spain, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.

"If we could have had the chance we would admire to have collaborated with the law coercion officers to detain those people - but we didn't in this case," he said.

"We do not have a complaint with activism. we find that it is not a bad thing - it might be great and strong for a society. My principal complaint with Anonymous people is the way they act.

"If you are carrying out unlawful things similar to hidden data that's something that is a crime and we are always peaceful to help law coercion end cybercrime."

Mr Corrons mentioned he believed his definite had been pounded since a blog he wrote yesterday in that he described the ultimate arrests as "good news".

His explanation were quoted in the summary posted to his firm's site that added: "Lol he asked is to Lulz!!!"

Officials have mentioned that Tuesday's action evident the initial time core members of Anonymous had been identified and charged in the US.

The FBI mentioned a complete of 6 men had been charged - inclusive two in the UK and two in the Republic of Ireland.

British military moreover charged one of the men and a serve unclear 17-year-old from South London with hacking-related crimes - but mentioned that their preference to launch justice trial was "completely unrelated" to the activities taken in the US.

The arrests and accusations followed the suspected personality of Lulzsec's preference to co-operate with the authorities final year.

Court credentials unblocked on Tuesday suggested that Hector Xavier Monsegur - well known as Sabu - had pleaded guilty to 12 crook charges in August. The FBI mentioned he faced a limit judgment of more than 124 years in prison.

The credentials mentioned he had been entangled in attacks against Visa, Paypal and supervision computers in Tunisia, Algeria and Yemen amid others. He is now giveaway after being expelled on a $50,000 (31,760) bond.

The Panda Labs' enemy commented on Mr Monsegur's action saying: "It's unhappy and we can't suppose how it feels to look at the counterpart any sunrise and see the man who shopped their friends to police."

The justice credentials moreover suggested how the hackers are suspected of being able to access and divulge a in isolation review between the FBI and Scotland Yard available in January.

One of the accused, Donncha O'Cearrbhail, is mentioned to have found out how to access the call by violation in to the personal email account of an executive with Ireland's national military force.