Operation Paypal | More Than 3500 Accounts Closed

Hacker group Anonymous continued its battle with PayPal this week, encouraging users to cancel their accounts over recent arrests and the company's refusal to handle transactions for whistleblower site Wikileaks.

The effort, dubbed Operation PayPal (or #OpPayPal), kicked off around 4am Eastern time and called on Anonymous supporters to "immediately close their accounts and consider an alternative."

In December, Anonymous organized a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack against PayPal, Amazon, Visa, and MasterCard after the companies pulled their support for Wikileaks, which had recently dumped 250,000 State Department cables. At the time, PayPal said the move was in response to "a violation of the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy" because Wikileaks "was encouraging sources to release classified material, which is likely a violation of the law by the source."

Their Official Press Release 

1. Dear PayPal, its customers, and our friends around the globe,
3. This is an official communiqué from Anonymous and Lulz Security in the name of AntiSec.
5. In recent weeks, we've found ourselves outraged at the FBI's willingness to arrest and threaten those who are involved in ethical, modern cyber operations. Law enforcement continues to push its ridiculous rules upon us - Anonymous "suspects" may face a fine of up to 500,000 USD with the addition of 15 years' jailtime, all for taking part in a historical activist movement. Many of the already-apprehended Anons are being charged with taking part in DDoS attacks against corrupt and greedy organizations, such as PayPal.
7. What the FBI needs to learn is that there is a vast difference between adding one's voice to a chorus and digital sit-in with Low Orbit Ion Cannon, and controlling a large botnet of infected computers. And yet both of these are punishable with exactly the same fine and sentence.
9. In addition to this horrific law enforcement incompetence, PayPal continues to withhold funds from WikiLeaks, a beacon of truth in these dark times. By simply standing up for ourselves and uniting the people, PayPal still sees it fit to wash its hands of any blame, and instead encourages and assists law enforcement to hunt down participants in the AntiSec movement.
11. Quite simply, we, the people, are disgusted with these injustices. We will not sit down and let ourselves be trampled upon by any corporation or government. We are not scared of you, and that is something for you to be scared of. We are not the terrorists here: you are.
13. We encourage anyone using PayPal to immediately close their accounts and consider an alternative. The first step to being truly free is not putting one's trust into a company that freezes accounts when it feels like, or when it is pressured by the U.S. government. PayPal's willingness to fold to legislation should be proof enough that they don't deserve the customers they get. They do not deserve your business, and they do not deserve your respect.
15. Join us in our latest operation against PayPal - tweet pictures of your account closure, tell us on IRC, spread the word. Anonymous has become a powerful channel of information, and unlike the governments of the world, we are here to fight for you. Always.
17. Signed, your allies,
19. Lulz Security (unvanned)
20. Anonymous (unknown)
21. AntiSec (untouchable)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Another PasteBin Release Told 

1. Operation Paypal
2. IRC: http://bit.ly/pDIZbY
4. Paypal is a corrupt corporation who voluntarily disabled donations to wikileaks with no legal base or reasoning whatsoever.  They are actively working with the FBI to arrest and imprison the only people who stood up and protested against this injustice, Anonymous. Cancel your account today.
6. To close your account:
8.    1. Log in to your PayPal account.
9.    2. Click Profile near the top of the page.
10.    3. Click My settings.
11.    4. Click Close Account in the Account type section and follow the steps
    
    
    More Than 3500 Accounts Are Closed