And the WikiLeaks controversy continues. A report on The Telegraph shared that an “army” of computer hackers has threatened to bring down the websites of the British government, should WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden. The threat came from a group of hackers that call themselves “Anonymous.” The group, composed of an estimated [...]
First, Amazon dropped WikiLeaks from their servers, which prompted a migration to a Europe-based server. After this accessibility issue, the site has been dealt another blow: its PayPal account has been cut-off by online payment service provider PayPal, according to a report by The Associated Press. WikiLeaks receives donations through its PayPal account, and while [...]
In a previous post, we shared that WikiLeaks has posted a large encrypted file named “Insurance” on its website, an action that has led people to ask: is there more to come from WikiLeaks? In addition, another question has been posed by The Associated Press’ Lolita Baldor: what can the U.S. government do to stop [...]
WikiLeaks and the information that it has unleashed to the world is still very much talked about. Beyond the actual information contained in the 92,000 posted documents reveal, there is one question in our minds: what exactly possessed Julian Assange and WikiLeaks to do what they did? Time.com featured an interview with WikiLeaks founder and [...]
A report from the Associated Press shares the reaction of some veteran intelligence officers and experts to the controversy surrounding WikiLeaks, and the tens of thousands of U.S. military documents that were leaked on the site. The intelligence experts called for a tightening of the access to information, as well as an increase monitoring at [...]