Cyber Retaliation: Allies of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Hack Websites

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Cyber Retaliation: Allies of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Hack Websites

reuters.com WikiLeaks supporters apparently attacked the websites of the Swedish prosecutor and MasterCard in retaliation over moves made by them against Julian Assange, who has published secret U.S. diplomatic cables that have angered and embarrassed Washington. The Swedish prosecution authority, whose arrest order for Assange over accusations of sexual offences led a British court to remand the 39-year-old WikiLeaks website founder in custody, said it had reported the online attack to police. "Of course, it's easy to think it has a connection with WikiLeaks but we can't confirm that," prosecution authority web editor Fredrik Berg told Reuters Television. Assange supporters also went for the corporate website of credit card firm MasterCard in apparent retaliation for its blocking of donations to the WikiLeaks website. "We are glad to tell you that www.mastercard.com/ is down and it's confirmed!" said an entry on the Twitter feed of a group calling itself AnonOps, which says it fights against censorship and "copywrong." "MasterCard is experiencing heavy traffic on its external corporate website - MasterCard.com - but this remains accessible," MasterCard said in a statement, adding consumer card transactions were not affected Read more at www.hapblog.com

 

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