Spanish police have confirmed they have arrested three individuals believed to be linked to Anonymous, the notorious "hacktivist" group blamed for the cyber attacks on PlayStation Network in April 2011.
Times Live reports that authorities carried out the arrests after analysing more than two million lines recorded on various web pages and chats.
A statement from the police reads, “One of them had in his home a server on which they coordinated and executed computer attacks on government, financial and business web pages around the world.”
The suspects were apparently responsible for launching online attacks not only against Sony’s online service, but also banks BBVA and Bankia, Italian power company Enel, as well as the governments of Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Iran, Chile, Colombia, and New Zealand.
Anonymous previously issued a statement distancing itself from the PSN hack, though conceded the attacks may have been committed by a rogue faction of the group.
Sony boss Kazuo Hirai admitted yesterday that the hardware manufacturer may never catch those responsible for the crimes or find out what information they stole.