Tag archive: Wikileaks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the creation of an application that would allow it to better mine social media content, in an attempt to more accurately identify, target and fight “emerging threats” in real-time. The application could also be used to predict potential threats before they even happen. According to a Request for Information (RFI) posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website, the FBI says it… Read More

Judges at London's High Court have ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has 14 days to submit a written request for a hearing at Britain's Supreme Court to avoid being sent back to Sweden as part of an investigation into possible sex charges; however, the High Court also ruled that Assange may not argue that European processes of carrying out inter-country extraditions are flawed. Instead, Assange is being allowed to appeal… Read More

U.S. District Judge Liam O'Grady has ruled that Twitter must disclose information about three account holders to federal prosecutors as they pursue an ongoing investigation into Wikileaks. The three accounts in question belong to Icelandic parliament member Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Dutch computer expert Rop Gonggrijp, and Jacob Appelbaum, a Wikileaks volunteer from Seattle, Washington. Twitter has been ordered to hand over… Read More

After months of legal drama, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is much closer to being extradited to Sweden to face sex crime charges: Britain's High Court has ruled that the Sweden arrest warrant for Assange was both issued and executed correctly. In a bid to avoid extradition, Assange's lawyers had been arguing that the Swedish prosecutor seeking the extradition was not a “judicial authority” under the law, and… Read More

Wikileaks has drawn a storm of criticism from governments (particularly the U.S. government) and corporations around the world for publishing classified information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, corporate malfeasance, and other sensitive topics—and, as a result, found itself cut off from its major sources of funding as institutions like MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, Western Union, and Bank of America refused to handle payments for… Read More

Just as WikiLeaks began to release tens of thousands of new US diplomatic cables, the anti-secrecy organization announced on its Twitter feed that its WikiLeaks.org website was under cyberattack. “WikiLeaks.org is presently under attack,” read a post on the WikiLeaks Twitter account, which is believed to be controlled by the organization's founder, Julian Assange. The post also provided a link to an alternative website where… Read More

Apparently, WikiLeaks might not be as secure as was thought. News is circulating that an unredacted version of diplomatic cables from the U.S. State department is available online. These unredacted documents could possibly compromise the identities of assets and agents in countries such as Israel, Jordan, Iran and Afghanistan. The WikiLeaks leak was first reported last Friday by Der Freitag editor Steffen Kraft who claimed that he found a 1.73… Read More

Last month, anonymous P2P online currency Bitcoin experienced a crash that significantly dropped its worth. Simultaneously, one of its most-used exchange sites was hacked and user security concerns skyrocketed. Regardless, faithful Bitcoin users stuck by the program, determined to support the revolutionary take on e-commerce. Unfortunately, Bitcoin is facing more obstacles. First, a Bitcoin developer who says he is the CEO of BitcoinGlobal was… Read More

Earlier this month, Anonymous members were reported to have been arrested in Europe, and now the hactivist group is facing similar consequences stateside. Fox News reports that 16 accused Anonymous members have been taken into custody and their locations include Florida, New Jersey, and California. The search for Anonymous affiliates has been a priority for law enforcement since late 2010, when following the WikiLeaks-Cablegate debacle the group… Read More

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was back in the High Court in London, arguing for a second time that the court should block his extradition to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual misconduct. Assange's lawyer Ben Emmerson noted that Assange has not been charged with any crime, and the defense had been denied access to all the case materials detailing allegations against Assange. Without a “fair, accurate, and… Read More

For a few hours yesterday Icelandic hosting company DataCell was able to accept donations to WikiLeaks via the Web, and claims it was able to process thousands of donations to WikiLeaks. However, credit card operator Visa shut it down, and as of early morning (Iceland time) the donation system was no longer operating. WikiLeaks publicized the availability of the payment processing gateway via it's Twitter account, which has almost a… Read More

A new website launched by a sub-group of Anonymous aims to provide hackers with a central way to publicize the documents they steal. The HackerLeaks website is modeled on WikiLeaks and says it will provide a secure and anonymous way for sensitive information to receive “the maximum exposure possible in order to achieve the most profound political impact”. The site launched June 25 and was created by a group spawned in 1985 called the… Read More

The Internet has never been a safe place, and since its inception, and introduction to consumers, privacy and security have been a major concern. Of course, now that the average person’s computer skills are many times over what they used to be, that only amplifies the problem. Couple this with the fact that millions and millions of people are uploading mass amounts of personal and sensitive data and you’ve got a recipe for some serious… Read More

After six months of house arrest, Julian Assange has had ample time to come up with new ways of raising some extra money for his cash-strapped Wikileaks. While an eBay auction may not be terribly original, its promise of lunch with Assange himself is likely to attract more than a few bids from Wikileaks devotees. “This is your chance at being one of eight people to dine with WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange and renowned Slovenian… Read More

In retaliation for an episode of PBS series Frontline about WikiLeaks, entitled “WikiSecrets,” a group of hackers (no, not Anonymous) posted a fake story to PBS.org that claimed long-dead rapper Tupac Shakur is still alive and residing in New Zealand, reports Boing Boing. The hackers, a group who goes by the name LulzSec, claimed credit for the PBS website hack in a statement posted to Pastebin.com, which the group linked to on… Read More