Feds Charge 13 Members Of Anonymous In 'Operation Payback' Attacks

Federal prosecutors brought charges against 13 people Thursday for allegedly helping the hacker group Anonymous carry out attacks against a number of websites, including those of major credit card companies, recording industry trade groups and a member of the rock band Kiss. The attacks, which took place from September 2010 to January 2011, were codenamed "Operation Payback" and targeted the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America, Visa, MasterCard, B...