Operation Payback

MasterCard, Other Websites Downed by Hackers Supporting Assange

July 16, 2014Conflict & Justice

A hacker group known as “Anonymous” has reportedly initiated “Operation Payback” a call for attacks on several websites in retaliation for those sites pulling services from Wikileaks in the past 24 hours. So far, Mastercard’s website has been brought down, PayPal is under attack as is Swiss bank PostFinance, which recently froze Julian Assange’s bank […]

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The Wikileaks fallout continues

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in a British jail awaiting a hearing next week regarding his possible extradition to Sweden. The fallout from WikiLeaks’ disclosure of hundreds of US State Department cables continues. The World’s Clark Boyd reports.

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