Following up on recent events The Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced that the National Crime Squad (Team High Tech Crime) of the Dutch national police has arrested a 16-year-old teenager from the The Hague in The Netherlands. He is suspected of being involved in the so called ‘WikiLeaks attacks’ on websites of MasterCard and PayPal among others.

The computer systems and storage equipment of the suspect have been seized and he has already been interviewed by investigators of the Team High Tech Crime.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office states that the suspect now has confessed to attacking the sites and services of MasterCard and VISA. It appears he is part of a larger group of hackers which is currently under investigation.

The suspect has to appear before a judge of the Court of Rotterdam tomorrow.

(my summary and translation)

Dutch language article: http://www.om.nl/actueel/nieuws-_en/@154591/16-jarige_jongen/