Anonymous Hacker Arrested for Attack on Gene Simmons’s Website

Cyberattack!

A hacker was arrested Tuesday for a cyberattack on Gene Simmons’s website. Christine Pelisek reports.

Published Dec. 13 2011 5:33PM EST

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A member of the international hacker group Anonymous was arrested this morning after he conducted a sophisticated cyberattack on a website operated by KISS rocker and Family Jewels star Gene Simmons.

Christine Pelisek

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Anonymous Hacker Arrested for Attack on Gene Simmons’s Website

A hacker was arrested Tuesday for a cyberattack on Gene Simmons’s website. Christine Pelisek reports.

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Christine Pelisek