Amazon Taken Down By WikiLeaks 'Hacktivists'
13 December 2010 08:47
...claimed responsibility after a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack of the type that has also hit Visa, Mastercard and PayPal in recent days. The group bombarded the company websites with millions of visits in revenge for withdrawing WikiLeaks' services,...
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WikiLeaks Founder Assange Rounds On Critics
14 December 2010 09:24
...them. If anything this process has increased my determination that they are true and correct. "We now know that Visa, Mastercard, Paypal and others are instruments of US foreign policy. It's not something we knew before. "I am calling for the world to protect...
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WikiLeaks: Hackers Now Set Sights On Paypal
9 December 2010 05:36
...Anonymous - the group claiming responsibility for attacks on Mastercard and Visa - targeted the online payment service after Paypal made the decision to stop processing donations to WikiLeaks. It is the second time this week that hackers have attempted to...
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Wiki War: Is Twitter Next On Hacker Hitlist?
9 December 2010 05:11
...war of revenge called Operation Payback. It followed a mass suspension of payment services by the credit card companies and PayPal to the whistleblowing website after it began releasing secret US diplomatic cables. Their sites have been bombarded with overwhelming...
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9 December 2010 05:47
This December 9, 2010 photo shows a screen shot of the online payment site PayPal. PayPal is releasing all of the remaining funds in an account set up to raise money for WikiLeaks, but it will no longer accept donations for the site. John Muller, PayPal's general counsel, announced the move in a blog post late Wednesday in which he said PayPal's decision to restrict the WikiLeaks account was not the result of any pressure from the US government. Besides PayPal, Mastercard and Visa have also suspended WikiLeaks accounts, choking off donations to the website that has been releasing confidential and embarrassing US diplomatic cables.
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This December 9, 2010 photo shows a screen shot of the online payment site PayPal. PayPal is releasing all of the remaining funds in an account set up to raise money for WikiLeaks, but it will no longer accept donations for the site. John Muller, PayPal's general counsel, announced the move in a blog post late Wednesday in which he said PayPal's decision to restrict the WikiLeaks account was not the result of any pressure from the US government. Besides PayPal, Mastercard and Visa have also suspended WikiLeaks accounts, choking off donations to the website that has been releasing confidential and embarrassing US diplomatic cables.
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The homepage of Wikileaks. ch with a picture of its founder Julian Assange is seen on a computer screen on December 4, 2010 in Lausanne. WikiLeaks was battling to stay online after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive boss Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations access for the whistleblowing website. The Swiss address -- wikileaks. ch -- was up and running again after migrating to new servers.
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The homepage of Wikileaks. ch with a picture of its founder Julian Assange is seen on a computer screen on December 4, 2010 in Lausanne. WikiLeaks was battling to stay online after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive boss Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations access for the whistleblowing website. The Swiss address -- wikileaks. ch -- was up and running again after migrating to new servers.
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The homepage of Wikileaks. ch with a picture of its founder Julian Assange is seen on a computer screen on December 4, 2010 in Lausanne. WikiLeaks was battling to stay online after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive boss Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations access for the whistleblowing website. The Swiss address -- wikileaks. ch -- was up and running again after migrating to new servers.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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The homepage of Wikileaks. ch with a picture of its founder Julian Assange is seen on a computer screen on December 4, 2010 in Lausanne. WikiLeaks was battling to stay online after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive boss Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations access for the whistleblowing website. The Swiss address -- wikileaks. ch -- was up and running again after migrating to new servers.
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In this picture taken on November 5, 2010 Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks, gestures during an NGO conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva on. WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to the whistle-blowing website.
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In this picture taken on November 5, 2010 Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks, gestures during an NGO conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva on. WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to the whistle-blowing website.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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The homepage of Wikileaks. ch with a picture of its founder Julian Assange is seen on a computer screen on December 4, 2010 in Lausanne. WikiLeaks was battling to stay online after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive boss Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations access for the whistleblowing website. The Swiss address -- wikileaks. ch -- was up and running again after migrating to new servers.
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The homepage of Wikileaks. ch with a picture of its founder Julian Assange is seen on a computer screen on December 4, 2010 in Lausanne. WikiLeaks was battling to stay online after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive boss Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations access for the whistleblowing website. The Swiss address -- wikileaks. ch -- was up and running again after migrating to new servers.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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In this picture taken on November 5, 2010 Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks, gestures during an NGO conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva on. WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to the whistle-blowing website.
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The homepage of Wikileaks. ch with a picture of its founder Julian Assange is seen on a computer screen on December 4, 2010 in Lausanne. WikiLeaks was battling to stay online after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive boss Julian Assange, while PayPal axed donations access for the whistleblowing website. The Swiss address -- wikileaks. ch -- was up and running again after migrating to new servers.
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In this picture taken on November 5, 2010 Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks, gestures during an NGO conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva on. WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to the whistle-blowing website.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is pictured through the heavily tinted windows of a police vehicle as he arrives at Westminster magistrates court in London, on December 14, 2010. Julian Assange blasted Visa, MasterCard and PayPal Tuesday for blocking donations to his website, in a defiant statement from behind bars ahead of a fresh court appearance in London.
