The group teamed up with the Lulz Security group of hackers in June. LulzSec has breached websites of Sony and the CIA.
The 14 people allegedly involved in the PayPal attack were charged in US District Court in San Jose, California, and were arrested in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio.
They were charged with conspiracy, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison if convicted, and intentional damage to a protected computer, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. The accused ranged in age from 20 to 42.
Meanwhile, FBI agents executed more than 35 search warrants around the US.
There were two arrests in the United States unrelated to the PayPal attack and four arrests by the Dutch National Police Agency.
One of the 14 arrested in relation to the PayPal attack was named as Mercedes Renee Haefer, 20, a university student,. Her lawyer Stanley L Cohen of New York, compared the acts allegedly committed by his client and the others to civil disobedience.
He said: "The people being arrested are not being accused of acts of violence."
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