Wikileaks

Twitter Fights US Court Demands For WikiLeaks Details

Twitter is fighting a US court's demand, made in December, for details of WikiLeaks supporters

14 years ago

Smartphones Excite eWEEK Readers’ Crystal Balls

Smartphone sales will exceed the world population, according to a poll of drunken eWEEK readers

14 years ago

Hacktivist Group Attacks Nation States

The ongoing cyberwar over Wikileaks has taken a new turn with individual countries now being attacked

14 years ago

FBI Carries Out Texas Raids In Operation Payback Probe

US federal agents have siezed hard drives from a server farm as part of an investigation into the Anonymous attacks…

14 years ago

UN Supports WikiLeaks’ Right To Publish

A UN statement argues the human right to publish in the public interest, but restraint should be exercised

14 years ago

DDoS Fears Shatter WikiLeaks Mirror Site Hosting

Web host SiteGround has suspended at least two WikiLeaks mirror sites, citing fears of disruptive attacks

14 years ago

CIA Responds To WikiLeaks With WTF

The US intelligence agency's WikiLeaks Task Force will assess the damage caused by the WikiLeaked cables

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Browser Dropped From Apple App Store

Apple has removed an iPhone app that gave users access to the classified cables released by WikiLeaks

14 years ago

Human Rights Sites Plagued By DDoS Attacks

New research shows opponents of human rights organisations are using DDoS attacks to bring down their websites

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Spurs MoD To Step Up Cyber Defences

The Ministry of Defence has allocated funds to improving its defences against cyber attacks and information leaks following the WikiLeaks…

14 years ago

All Not-So-Quiet On The WikiLeaks Front

WikiLeaks-related issues have quietened down, says Eric Doyle. This is just the lull before a storm that will ring in…

14 years ago

Assange Defence Fund Backed By Pilger And Others

A legal defence fund for WikiLeaks' Julian Assange has been set up, backed by journalist John Pilger

14 years ago

WikiLeaks’ Assange Released On Bail

At the hearing that confirmed Julian Assange's release on bail, the judge banned live Twitter updates

14 years ago

Scotland Yard Has Been After Anonymous for Months

Scotland Yard has confirmed it has been investigating Anonymous since before the WikiLeaks wars broke out

14 years ago

Advisor Warns Of WikiLeak Attacks On Government Websites

National security advisor Sir Peter Ricketts says WikiLeaks supporters may attack government sites

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Judge Allows Tweeting In Court

The judge who granted bail to Julian Assange yesterday allowed reporters to tweet from the courtroom

14 years ago

Assange Granted Bail And Vows To Continue Fight

Visa, Mastercard and Paypal labelled American stooges as Wikileaks founder Assange is granted bail in London

14 years ago

US Investigation Of WikiLeaks’ Assange Is Misguided

The US government has no business investigating Julian Assange for publishing secret diplomatic messages, says Wayne Rash

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Wars Hit Fax Machines

The Anonymous group has expanded its WikiLeaks reprisal attacks to include fax machines

14 years ago

Researchers: ‘Operation Payback’ Attack Tool Leaves Participants Traceable

A study has found that the DDoS tool used in the WikiLeaks payback attacks leaves users' IP addresses exposed

14 years ago

The Lesson To Be Learnt From Anonymous

The DDoS attacks on WikiLeaks' opponents contain a serious lesson that should be heeded by every website owner, says Eric…

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Splinter Group Sets Up Rival ‘OpenLeaks’

Key staff from WikiLeaks are launching OpenLeaks after the arrest of Julian Assange

14 years ago

Amazon Blames Crash On Hardware, Not Hackers

Amazon says its sites in Europe suffered hardware problems, not a WikiLeaks cyber-war attack

14 years ago

US Government Changes Security Following WikiLeaks Debacle

As WikiLeaks supporters fight back, the US federal government has ordered new rules to prevent future breaches

14 years ago

WikiLeaks Revenge Attack Threatens Cameron’s Online Aspirations

If Anonymous hacktivists succeed in bringing down the Direct.gov site, it could trigger a rethink for Cameron

14 years ago

Stopping WikiLeaks-Style Data Thefts Is Easy

Tools to lock PCs have been available for years, and could have prevented the WikiLeaks breach, says Wayne Rash -…

14 years ago

Twitter Denies De-Trending WikiLeaks As Visa Takes A Pasting

Twitter has stated it is not blocking Wikileaks from its Trends list. Elsewhere the DDoS attacks continue

14 years ago

Why Hacktivists Are Fighting The WikiLeaks War

Most hackers work in secret for money. The hacktivists punishing WikiLeaks' enemies are different, says Noa Bar Yosef

14 years ago

Mastercard Website Punished For WikiLeaks Ban

Operation: Payback, a WikiLeaks’ supporter initiative, has turned its DDoS attacks on Mastercard

14 years ago

ISOC: WikiLeaks Attacks Threaten Free Expression

The Internet Society wants a legal solution to the WikiLeaks debacle, not DoS attacks and DNS alterations

14 years ago