Spanish police this morning say they have arrested three involved in the hacking of Sony's Playstation Network, which lead to Sony shutting down the PlayStation 3's network for a month, locking nearly 80 million gamers out of playing online.
All three were freed without bail pending formal charges. The New York Times reports that they are expected to be charged with "forming an illegal association to attack public and corporate Web sites, a charge that faces a potential sentence of up to three years in prison."
It is not clear if the three were the only ones suspected of being responsible for the massive hack attack or if this is the beginning of a series of arrests.
Spanish police say the three are also connected to hacking attacks on banks BBVA and Bankia, utility ENEL and the governments of Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Chile, Colombia and New Zealand.
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