In early 2000, some of the biggest names in e-commerce were brought to their knees by a brief but massive assault from a set of powerful computers hijacked by a glory-seeking young hacker. The assailant in that case, known online as Mafiaboy, was a high school student from a middle-class suburban area of Canada who was quickly arrested after bragging about his role in the attacks. To date, the Web sites attacked by Anonymous include Amazon, EveryDNS.com, Mastercard.com and Paypal.com.”]
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/12/the-cyberwar-will-not-be-streamed/