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Another leading member in the global hacking groups was arrested. CBS reports, a 19-year-old man was arrested in Scotland on suspicion of being the spokesman for LulzSec and Anonymous.

"Scotland yard says officers from its cybercrime unit have arrested the suspected spokesman of the "lulz security" hacking group. The police agency released a statement, saying the 19-year-old was arrested in Scotland's Shetland Islands. He gave several interviews recently using the name 'topiary.'"

The hacking groups are feeling increased pressure as police from multiple countries are hunting down the groups leading members. BBC reports --

"Ryan Cleary, 19, was charged last month with five offenses under the Criminal Law and Computer Misuse Acts... A 16-year-old boy from south London was arrested and bailed last week, while the international investigation has already led to sixteen arrests in the United States and four in the Netherlands."

But LulzSec and Anonymous argue- what they are doing is far from a crime. They are sending nonsense data into the computer system rather than actually taking things out of it. NBC reports --

"This morning this group issued a statement, anonymous statement, to the FBI and PayPal saying, "What the FBI needs to learn is there's a vast difference between a digital sit-in and infecting computers. And yet both of these are punishable by the exact same fine and sentence."

But seeing governments take action against these ‘hacktivists,’ security consultant Charles Dodd told the E-Commerce Times --

"They are trying to create a political result so the threat of the attack will become as pertinent as the attack itself. They're truly becoming a political force… I think it's wise for Anonymous to recognize that they're being lumped in the same broad category of people who are launching far more malicious and deadly attacks, and to see if they can alter the ground rules but still make a change."

The arrests did irritate LulzSec and Anonymous, but did not bring an end to the groups hacking rampage. Instead, the groups decided to incite more cyber attacks- revealing their next target: PayPal.

"PayPal continues to withhold funds from WikiLeaks, a beacon of truth in these dark times... We encourage anyone using PayPal to immediately close their accounts and consider an alternative. Join us in our latest operation against PayPal. we are here to fight for you. Always."