The strikes by Anonymous, known as "distributed denial of service" attacks, could lead to criminal charges that carry 10-year prison sentences, the F.B.I. said.
"Anonymous knew if they were going to meet in a visibly public space for the first time, they needed to conceal their identity.
A subgroup of Anonymous known as the People's Liberation Front has started two new WikiLeaks-type sites for hackers called LocalLeaks.tk and HackerLeaks.tk.tk
Repeatedly, Judge Edmunds tried to relieve such safety concerns, saying that court personnel would carefully protect jurors and that jurors would be anonymous — known only by a number, never their names.
A member of Anonymous known as AnonymousOwn3r is claiming responsibility, and makes it clear this is not an Anonymous collective action.
Anonymous, known for crippling the world's most secure websites (including the FBI's), has vowed revenge against apparel company, Early Flicker, who registered the hacker group's logo as their own intellectual property.
He said these friends knew nothing of his shadow life in Anonymous, while his friends in Anonymous knew hardly anything about his life outside of it.
In a chatroom with members of Anonymous known as #InternetFeds, Keys also allegedly asked if any of the hackers wanted his list of email addresses and access to the content management system belonging to Fox 40.
During the Stratfor attack, Hammond and other hackers, who were part of an offshoot of Anonymous known as Antisec, found e-mail correspondence, financial and personal data -- including 60,000 credit card numbers -- belonging to 860,000 clients.
