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They are flooding the companies with ddos (named operation payback) because of the negative action they took against wiki leaks (such as freezing their accounts, not allowing donations to get to wikileaks, etc.).

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Q: Why are hackers attacking sites of companies like Mastercard that took action against WikiLeaks in December 2010?
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