An Anonymous Anonymous hacker group has released an open letter to the UK government. The group is concerned about the arrest of five fellow anons for their participation in the DDoS attacks against PayPal, Mastercard, and others. The UK government has been under pressure from the U.S. government, the group says. The maximum sentence these 5 anons could be given under the Computer Misuse Act is 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to ..5000. Anonymous believes it is unfair and hypocritical to put these 5 arrested anons to trial without even attempting to find those who DDoS’ed a website which you oppose.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/01/open-letter-from-anonymous-hackers-to.html