Teenager charged over Anonymous hacking attacks

The 17-year-old boy from Chester will face magistrates along with Peter David Gibson, 22, from Hartlepool A teenage boy has been charged over online attacks by the international hacking gang Anonymous. The 17-year-old, from Chester, will appear before magistrates next month accused of conspiracy to do an unauthorised act in relation to a computer, Scotland Yard said. The boy has been granted bail to appear at City of Westminster magistrates court on 7 September. Student Peter David Gibson, 22, from Hartlepool, will also face the court on that date charged with the same offence. A number of hacking groups have claimed responsibility for distributed denial of service attacks on major companies, where websites are flooded with traffic to make them crash. Anonymous Crime Hacking guardian.co.uk

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