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Credit: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao By Iciar Paneda and Jim Finkle MADRID/BOSTON | Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:22pm EDT MADRID/BOSTON (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested three men suspected to be members of the hacker group Anonymous on Friday, charging them with organizing cyber attacks against the websites of Sony Corp, banks and governments -- but not the recent massive hacking of PlayStation gamers. Anonymous responded by threatening to retaliate for the arrests: "We are Legion, so EXPECT US," the group said on its official Twitter feed. Spanish police alleged the three "hacktivists" helped organize an attack that temporarily shuttered access to some Sony websites. They were not linked to two massive cyber attacks against Sony's Playstation Network that resulted in the theft of information from more than 100 million customers. Police also accused the men of launching cyber assaults on Spanish banks BBVA and Bankia, and Italian energy group Enel SpA. The arrests are the first in Spain against alleged members of Anonymous, following the detention of others in the United States and Britain. Police told Reuters all three men were Spanish and in their 30s. One worked in the merchant navy. Anonymous is a loose grouping of self-proclaimed hactivists who frequently try to shut down the websites of businesses and other organizations that it opposes. Its members describe themselves as Internet freedom fighters and have previously brought down websites of the Church of Scientology, as well as Amazon.com Inc, MasterCard Inc and others they saw as hostile to WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. Anonymous members cripple websites by overwhelming them with traffic in what is commonly known as "denial of service" attacks. The group publicizes these campaigns on the Web, giving supporters the information to attack a targeted site. The group is currently sponsoring attacks to shut down Turkish government websites in a protest against Internet censorship. Attempts to reach the group by email were not immediately successful. To date, the group has not been linked to crimes for financial profit. Spanish police said the accused, who were arrested in Almeria, Barcelona and Alicante, were guilty of coordinated computer hacking attacks from a server set up in a house in Gijon in the north of Spain. The Spanish police said members of Anonymous, known for wearing Guy Fawkes masks made popular by the graphic novel "V for Vendetta," had also hacked government sites in Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Chile, Colombia and New Zealand. "They are structured in independent cells and make thousands of simultaneous attacks using infected 'zombie' computers worldwide. This is why NATO considers them a threat to the military alliance," the police said in a statement. "They are even capable of collapsing a country's administrative structure." The police did not rule out further arrests. Sony PlayStation spokesman Dan Race declined to comment on the arrests on Friday. (Additional reporting by Diane Bartz in Washington and Liana B. Baker in New York; Writing by Nigel Davies and Georgina Prodhan; Editing by Fiona Ortiz, David Holmes, Gary Hill) Entertainment Fashion Technology Media Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (3) Isthmus wrote: So they caught 3 supposed members of a collective spanning thousands? I doubt this will have any effect except perhaps attracting the attention of anonymous and the Lulz boat. I would not be surprised if Spanish government sites comes under attack from these groups, in retaliation for this. Jun 10, 2011 11:07am EDT -- Report as abuse Ocala123456789 wrote: throw them in jail… charge them $100000 so they will be indebted for all their lifes… Jun 10, 2011 1:37pm EDT -- Report as abuse MJGSimple wrote: @ Ocala, Big fan of Sony, are you? That’s the most ridiculous punishment I’ve ever heard. It’s not like Anonymous has membership cards. They don’t have Anonymous sessions. Anyone could be arrested and could claim to be part of Anonymous or be accused of being a member. The claim that these 3 are actually part of the group or, more importantly, are actually responsible for the actions they’re accused of is going to be so difficult to prove it’s more an attempt to look like they’re doing something. 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