Three Members Of Anonymous Suspected Of Hacking The PSN Arrested In Spain

By Nick Baumfeld
Posted on June 10, 2011 AT 10:48am

Three individuals who are suspected of being responsible for the cyber-attack on the PlayStation Network have been detained by Spanish Police.

According to the New York Times the three suspects were the local leaders of Anonymous in Spain and were responsible for not just the PSN attack but also attacks on several banks and Government websites.

The investigators went through chat logs and websites that eventually led them to a 31 year old man in the city of Gijon where they found a computer server which is believed to be where the attack originated from. The other two men were arrested in Barcelona and Valencia.

Source: New York Times

Bio: Nick Baumfeld has been involved in the video game industry for a good 12 years. He has seen the industry from all view points and has a background in websites, website integration and social media. Nick pioneered the online video game rental business back in the day, moved forward into online video game trading and then moved viral with the well received Video Games Application on Facebook. Today, he has joined up with EGM founder Steve Harris to create something truly unique and special; EGMNOW, a community dedicated to all manner of gamers.

Gaming MO: Nick is a first person shooter type of gamer and enjoys heated bouts of Halo with friends and family (even while being schooled by his children).

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