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Thursday, December 9, 2010
The online hackers attack MasterCard, Credit card, PayPal, Amazon ,Swedish government's website
Posted by org at 5:38 AMWikiLeaks supporters countinue try to hack online payment system PayPal, Amazon and a Swiss bank. They also targets Swedish government sits, MasterCard.com.
The hackers attack was launched by a shadowy international group called ‘Anonymous’ which said MasterCard and Visa had been targeted for freezing the account of the whistleblowing site.
The devastating blow to the credit card giants came on one of the busiest online shopping days of the year. Hackers also targeted online payment system PayPal, Amazon and a Swiss bank over the WikiLeaks row.
The Swedish government's website was also brought down this morning after a fresh wave of cyber attacks together with former US vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin.
Labels: Amazon, Credit card, MasterCard, PayPal, Swedish government's website