After reading the article, it appears as though Anon were lured into the attack by PayPal. Then it sounds like the Feds already had all their stuff in place to collect the data while the attacks were happening.
> Then it sounds like the Feds already had all their
> stuff in place to collect the data while the attacks
> were happening.
[citation needed]
My read says that PayPal had some sort of network monitoring system in place which allowed them to capture data during the attack. They then handed this information over to the Feds.
