PayPal14. Anonymous : You Can’t Arrest An Idea

The PayPal 14, a group of Anonymous Hactivists

were arrested for a 2010 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the eBay-owned payment service. The attempted four-day disruption of PayPal’s operations was allegedly in response to PayPal’s refusal to process donations to Wau Holland Stiftung’s PayPal account set up to collect funds for Wikileaks, and was part of a wider Anonymous campaign, “Operation Payback.”

Stanley Cohen - Pushing Back Against the Surveillence State

Stanley Cohen is a brilliant litigator who only takes cases of individuals against the State. As one of the defense attorneys for Anonymous activists in the PayPal DDoS protest he has become a (…)

19 July 2013

Anonymous - Solidarity with the PayPal14

We will not forget until every Anon is free! Christopher Cooper aka Anthrophobic, Josh Covelli /Absolem, Dennis Collins /Owen, Mercedes Haefer /No, Donald Husband /Ananon, Vincent Kershaw (…)

5 May 2013

Attorney Stanley Cohen - PayPal 14 & Civil Liberties

As a criminal defense attorney Stanley Cohen only takes cases of the individual against the State. He talks about the evolution of threats to individual rights he has seen in his 30 year career. (…)

5 April 2013

DDoS is the new digital sit-in

FreeAnons campaign #PayPal14. Dennis Collins, Christopher Wayne Cooper, Joshua John Covelli, Keth Wilson Downey, Mercedes Renee Haefer, Donald Husband, Vincent Charles Kershaw, Ethan Miles, James (…)

19 October 2011

A message to PayPal, its customers, and our friends

This is an official communiqué from Anonymous and Lulz Security in the name of AntiSec. In recent weeks, we’ve found ourselves outraged at the FBI’s willingness to arrest and threaten those who (…)

27 July 2011