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Big banks censorship of Wikileaks
Since December 2011, five major US financial institutions: VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Western Union, and the Bank of America have been trying to economically strangle WikiLeaks as a result of political pressure from Washington.The attack has blocked over 90% of the non-profit organization’s donations, costing some $15M in lost revenue. Read more
Flash News: Now it’s Cyberwar!
8.36am: Twitter and Facebook have been hit back at Anonymous, the group behind much of the online mischief making. Charles Arthur has the latest on overnight’s cat and mouse game:
Facebook yesterday acted against the group by closing down its Facebook page.
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‘Operation Payback’ disrupt Visa and MasterCard sites
It is, according to one breathless blogger, “the first great cyber war”, or as those behind it put it more prosaically: “The major shitstorm has begun.”
The technological and commercial skirmishes over WikiLeaks escalated into a full-blown online assault yesterday when, in a serious breach of internet security, a concerted online attack by activist supporters of WikiLeaks succeeded in disrupting MasterCard and Visa. Read more
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