Italian police have detained 15 suspects they believe to be members of an international hackers cabal called “Anonymous” blamed for several major online attacks, says La Republica newspaper. At the same time, beleaguered Sony has got its PlayStation Network and Qriocity distribution network to its home turf in Japan back online after more than two months of hacks, patches, obloquy and taunting from hacker groups styling themselves as challengers to big corporate and big government power, or merely anarchist.
The suspected Italian hackers, including five minors, were picked up by police, questioned and later released, while authorities also seized dozens of computers, the Italian daily newspaper said.
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