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In the wake of WikiLeaks' release of more than 250000 classified US diplomatic cables, the Pentagon is reportedly taking measures to prevent this type of breach from happening again.

Some of the WikiLeaks critics who cheered founder Julian Assange's arrest may want to think again.

As hacktivists target Amazon.com, a book has found its way onto the online commerce site that contains the U.S. documents released by WikiLeaks.

Both Facebook and Twitter have closed accounts corresponding to Anonymous, a formerly 4chan-linked group organizing a string of DDoS attacks on organizations that refuse to work with WikiLeaks.

Computer hackers who support WikiLeaks plan to attack Amazon.com Thursday, they announced on Twitter.

The social site denies altering the trending topics section.

Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables showed growing anxiety in the British government over threats from the Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, should the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbeset al-Megrahi die in a Scottish prison.

The website for MasterCard suffered severe technical problems early Wednesday, possibly becoming the latest target of hackers supporting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Visa Europe is suspending all payments to whistle-blowing website Wikileaks ahead of an investigation into the organisation.

Police say WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has surrendered to British police as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to the secret-spilling website that faces legal, financial and security challenges.