Dutch teen arrested over cyber attacks on Visa, MasterCard

(NewsCore) - A 16-year-old boy was arrested in the Netherlands in connection with a series of cyber attacks on Visa, MasterCard and other organizations that have severed ties with WikiLeaks, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported Thursday.

The teenager was arrested Wednesday night in The Hague, the newspaper said, citing the national office of the Public Prosecutor. Cops have not ruled out further arrests, De Telegraaf added.

Radio Netherlands reported that officers suspect the group of hackers, known only as "Anonymous," used a server in the city of Haarlem, near Amsterdam, to launch their attacks on companies that no longer wish to do business with WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks has been dropped in recent days by multiple platforms in the US, France, and other countries. It is also struggling to establish an avenue for donations after PayPal, Visa and MasterCard stopped accepting payments to WikiLeaks.

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