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Loading ...Wikileaks Revenge: MasterCard site frozen by hackers
‘Operation: Payback’ hacks into MasterCard site over payment network’s decision to cease taking donations to WikiLeaks The website of MasterCard has been hacked and partially paralysed in apparent revenge for the international credit card’s decision to cease taking donations to WikiLeaks.
A group of online activists calling themselves Anonymous appear to have orchestrated a DDOS (“distributed denial of service”) attack on the site, bringing its service at www.mastercard.com to a halt for many users.
“Operation: Payback” is the latest salvo in the increasingly febrile technological war over WikiLeaks. MasterCard announced on Monday that it would no longer process donations to the whistleblowing site, claiming it was engaged in illegal activity.
The group, which has been linked to the influential internet messageboard 4Chan, has been targeting commercial sites which have cut their ties with WikiLeaks. The Swiss bank PostFinance has already been targeted by Anonymous after it froze payments to WikiLeaks, and the group has vowed to target Paypal, which has also ceased processing payments to the site. Other possible targets are EveryDNS.net, which suspended dealings on 3 December, Amazon, which removed WikiLeaks content from its EC2 cloud on 1 December, and Visa, which suspended its own dealings yesterday.
The action was confirmed on Twitter at 9.39am by user @Anon_Operation, who later tweeted: “WE ARE GLAD TO TELL YOU THAT http://www.mastercard.com/ is DOWN AND IT’S CONFIRMED! #ddos #wikileaks Operation:Payback(is a bitch!) #PAYBACK”
No one from MasterCard could be reached for immediate comment, but a spokesman, Chris Monteiro, has said the site suspended dealings with WikiLeaks because “MasterCard rules prohibit customers from directly or indirectly engaging in or facilitating any action that is illegal”.
DDOS attacks, which often involve flooding the target with requests so that it cannot cope with legitimate communication, are illegal.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/08/mastercard-hackers-wikileaks-revenge?
Visa and Mastercard accept donations for Ku Klux Klan: http://www.inquisitr.com/92447/ku-klux-klan-i-okay-wikileaks-is-bad-says-mastercard-and-visa/
Fantastic, make this pigs pay back their cowardise,
known criminals have not problem having credit cards, Assange is boycotted because he made his jod as a journalist showing american criminals shooting at innocent people in Irak!
God dammned them.
yeah it’s down!!! how can we help them to make these attacks? i know that everyone could help on a ddos attack…
I’m so happy.Now free people of all the world fights arrogance of governments
I enjoy thinking about pork from angry faces, who arrogantly feel masters of the world! W ASSANGE
Man this whole wikileaks craziness is seriously getting out of hand. Think about it, it’s such a super touchy thing because of the fact that there are clearly two valid perspectives on it. Personally, I think it is impossible to have a strong opinion on either side of the fence, you know? Sure, it is a matter of government concern, and it’s also a matter of freedom of speech. Surely there has to be a place where we can meet in the middle of it all? And all the computer hacking going on does not appear that it is gonna bring us any closer to a solution, but who knows for sure…perhaps it’s one of those necessary evils?
It seems to me that this whole wikileaks shenanigans is really spinning out of control. I mean, it is such a super touchy subject because of the fact that there are two very valid points of view on it. Personally, I find it not reasonable to feel strongly either way, you know? Granted, it’s obviously a matter of government concern, and it is also about freedom of speech. But don’t you think that there must have to be somewhere we can meet in the middle? I also think that all of the website attacks going on doesn’t seem appear that it is gonna help bring us any closer to finding a solution, but then again who really knows…could it be it is one of those necessary evils?
very interesting, added to my favourites thanks
The US-led war against Iraq shattered any illusions that the US could bring stability or democracy to the region – a fact that even its staunchest Arab allies are aware of. And there is a growing awareness that both Iran and the US – and in a different way, Turkey – have been vying to fill a political gap resulting from Arab weakness. But Washington is truly delusional if it thinks it can defeat Iran by convincing Arabs that its pro-Israeli agenda could bring peace and stability, let alone justice to the region.
I cannot believe that they can do this and that this government is turning its back on this awful injustice. How can they incarcerate a man for publishing his investigations ? It just shows how dangerous America is getting and how afraid are the people of America to speak up ? I thought we lived in the West not China !! Next we find that people will disapear – oh – sorry, thats already started !!!
I cried when Obama walked , when his feet touched the ground to the pathway to witness his reign begin – I looked at the pursed lips of Bush as he ground his teeth to supposedly congratulate Obama and now we stand so many days away from from his drive to the white house. And look how far he has come from his promises – no different from the rest – just more talk that rhymes sometimes.
What has he done and has he succeeded ?
The dangerous ones in society still steal our children from their beds and put them in the firing line with not even a helmet and they laugh and walk away from blame – read the footage and cables – Hilary Clinton is nothing but Bush in a skirt all over again – shall we compare her to Hannah Reitsch or simply to Mrs Thatcher – I think she is far more dangerous than that and the world will regret giving her power. If not already.
World justice – Sweden you should be ashamed of yourselves – you think by standing for womens rights by making up claims of alleged misdemeanours will stand you in good steed or just good greed ?
You should be ashamed – NOT in my name – just like this dirty war supposedly for human rights – you are fighting for human rights right ? not in my name you are not