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U.S. arrests 14 for roles in PayPal cyber attack

U.S. arrests 14 for roles in PayPal cyber attack

U.S. authorities on Tuesday arrested 16 people on charges they participated in major cyber attacks, including an attempt to cripple eBay's PayPal website as retribution for dropping WikiLeaks as a client.

 

Assange to fight extradition in sex case

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange will begin his appeal Tuesday against extradition to Sweden from the United Kingdom to face questioning on sex charges.

 

Visa again blocks funds for WikiLeaks

That appears to have been an accident, at least as far as Visa Europe Ltd. was concerned. In an email to The Associated Press, the company said that one of its financial partners had "briefly accepted payments on a merchant site linked to WikiLeaks." "As soon as this came to our attention, action was taken with the suspension of Visa payment acceptance to the site remaining in place," the company said.

 

WikiLeaks says it's suing Visa, MasterCard

WikiLeaks says it's suing the European operations of Visa and MasterCard because they cut off services to the secret-spreading website last December.

 

Assange says WikiLeaks work hampered

Assange says WikiLeaks work hampered

After six months under virtual house arrest, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange acknowledged Thursday that his detention is hampering the work of the secret-spilling site. His supporters accused Britain of subjecting him to "excessive and dehumanizing" treatment.

 

WikiLeaks witness takes the Fifth

A friend and leading supporter of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning said Wednesday he refused to testify before a grand jury, citing his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

 

WikiLeaks reports secret U.S. funding for Syrian opposition

The website provides documents to the Washington Post showing State Department financing of an anti-government satellite TV channel.The State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Washington Post reported, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided to the newspaper by the WikiLeaks website.

 

Ecuador demands U.S. envoy leave over Wikileaks

Ecuador said on Tuesday it had declared the U.S. ambassador to the country "persona non grata," demanding the envoy leave over U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks reporting alleged police corruption.

 

U.S. ambassador to Mexico quits amid WikiLeaks furor

The U.S. ambassador to Mexico resigned Saturday amid furor over a leaked diplomatic cable in which he complained about inefficiency and infighting ...

 

Hacker group plans BofA e-mail release Monday

Hacker group plans BofA e-mail release Monday

Anonymous, a hacker group sympathetic to WikiLeaks, plans to release e-mails obtained from Bank of America Corp early Monday morning, according to posts on the group's Twitter feed.

 

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