Christopher Weatherhead found guilty of hacking several major websites Court heard he wanted to ‘rape’ and ‘kill’ the companies under attack Three others have admitted joining cyber-campaign to cause sites to crash Victims’ websites would get message: ‘You’ve tried to bite the Anonymous hand. You angered the hive and now you are being stung.’ Victim […]
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British ‘Anonymous’ hacker faces jail for £3.5m cyber-attack on PayPal because it wouldn’t process WikiLeaks donations
Posted: 2012/12/07 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Jurisprudence, Network Security, Organized Crime, Public Policy, Stats / reportsTNO Scientist Jaap-Henk Hoepman Uses WikiLeaks, Pirate Bay & MegaUpload For ‘Hacking Back’ FUD
Posted: 2012/12/03 in Copyright, Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, File Sharing, Illegal File Sharing, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsThe Dutch government is contemplating new powers for the Dutch police, among which the capability to hack computer systems of cyber criminals in certain specific cases and only in relation to serious threats. The activity is called ‘hacking back’. TNO Scientist Jaap-Henk Hoepman is wondering when ‘hacking back’ will truly be justified and argues that […]
EU: Card firms’ block on WikiLeaks did not break rules
Posted: 2012/11/27 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reportsA block on processing donations for WikiLeaks by Visa Europe and other credit card companies is unlikely to have violated EU anti-trust rules, the European Commission said on Tuesday. DataCell, a company that collected donations for WikiLeaks, complained to the Commission about Visa Europe, MasterCard Europe and American Express Co after they stopped processing donations for WikiLeaks in […]
Promoting Bahnhof Again: Deep Inside The Former WikiLeaks Lair
Posted: 2012/11/21 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsThat bunker, called Pionen White Mountains is located just south of Stockholm. Nearly 20 years after Sweden’s Civil Defense decommissioned it, Karlung converted it into a data center. A few years ago, it was briefly the most famous data center in the planet — home to WikiLeaks. More: http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/bahnhof/ See also: http://vrritti.com/?s=bahnhof&submit=Search
WikiLeaks’ Assange Is Essentially Imprisoned. And He Doesn’t Like It
Posted: 2012/11/11 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy, Stats / reportshttp://rt.com/news/assange-leave-embassy-judge-443/ Previously: Did Julian Assange Just Put Himself In A Prison That’s Really Cheap To Maintain For The Americans And The Swedes? (WikiLeaks) http://vrritti.com/2012/08/21/did-julian-assange-just-put-himself-in-a-prison-thats-really-cheap-to-maintain-for-the-americans-and-the-swedes-wikileaks/
Bradley Manning finally fesses up over WikiLeaks…
Posted: 2012/11/08 in Education / Awareness, Litigation, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsBradley Manning, the US Army Private First Class accused of leaking classified documents from his post in Iraq to WikiLeaks, has made a formal offer of responsibility in his pre-trial hearing in Fort Meade, Maryland. To be clear, Manning has not pled guilty or not guilty in the case, where he has been accused of […]
No ‘Leak’ links: US National Archives blocks searches containing ‘WikiLeaks’
Posted: 2012/11/04 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, Public Policy, Stats / reportsThe public search engine for the US National Archives appears to be blocked for the term “WikiLeaks”. The whistleblower website has already lashed out at the move, saying the Archives has turned into “Orwell’s Ministry of Truth.” An error message pops up every time a search is performed with the word “WikiLeaks”. It’s not entirely […]
WikiLeaks: U.S. government allowed Mexican drug cartel hit men working as “confidential informants” for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to murder people inside the U.S.
Posted: 2012/11/04 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports…an American federal law enforcement supervisor told the private intelligence firm Stratfor in e-mails released by WikiLeaks. ICE neither confirmed nor denied the allegations when contacted by The New American. More: http://www.infowars.com/feds-let-mexican-cartel-hit-men-kill-in-u-s-senior-lawman-told-stratfor/
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange could have made “a thousand better stories” if he had edited his sources and declined to include the personal lives of people around the world, Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson told RT
Posted: 2012/11/01 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsAnonymous has taken issue with the fact that not a single member of WikiLeaks has been prosecuted except for Assange
Posted: 2012/10/21 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Network Security, New Business Models, Organized Crime, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutionOn the internet, nothing is what it seems… Anonymous is also upset that the focus has been taken away from the “leaks” and is now only on Assange and WikiLeaks. In their statement they say, “We will NOT attack the web assets of WikiLeaks, as they are media. We do not attack media. Any future […]
Wikileaks and Anonymous go head-to-head in ‘paywall’ battle
Posted: 2012/10/11 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reportsIn the end, the all go for the money http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57530213-83/wikileaks-and-anonymous-go-head-to-head-in-paywall-battle/
Assange and Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet (WikiLeaks)
Posted: 2012/10/09 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Organized Crime, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsJulian Assange is set to publish a book based on his interview with the people he believes know the solution to the problems of privacy and freedom. The new piece develops the ideas of the cutting-edge thinkers brought to you earlier by RT. The book called ‘Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet,’ was […]
Kim Dotcom is the second of two “cybercriminal” folk heroes US posses seek overseas: Wikileaks’ Julian Assange, for spilling the secrets of Washington, and Dotcom for allegedly pickpocketing Hollywood, the soul of the American dream
Posted: 2012/10/07 in Copyright, Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy, Stats / reportsDotcom’s judge described his hacking as “youthful foolishness.” The beak who rapped Assange’s knuckles said the lad was not malicious, just intellectually inquisitive. Hmm. Spare the rod? Psych profiles of hackers reveal brainy misfits who believe themselves Michelangelos of the keyboard. They lack interpersonal skills and confidence, and get back at the world via computer […]
PRQ facilitates websites that other hosting providers may hesitate to supply their service to, such as Wikileaks or the North American Man-Boy Love Association
Posted: 2012/10/02 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy, Stats / reportshttp://www.futureofcopyright.com/home/blog-post/2012/10/02/swedish-police-raid-on-prq-shuts-down-several-websites.html and http://gizmodo.com/5948123/shady-wikileaks-and-pirate-bay-web-host-prq-has-been-raided Previously: Police have raided the Swedish notorious hosting company PRQ today http://vrritti.com/2012/10/02/police-have-raided-the-swedish-notorious-hosting-company-prq-today/
WikiLeaks. No amount of anonymity can entirely remove the human aspect from the process of stealing, spreading and receiving information
Posted: 2012/09/29 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech EvolutionThe Wikileaks story is well known, but the problems the model has faced are not unique to the hacktivist movement. The movement sits somewhere between journalism and espionage, and carries with it the central dilemma of those two oldest professions: the balance of trust and paranoia. On a whiteboard in the common room of the university […]
U.S. brands Julian Assange and WikiLeaks ‘enemies of the state’
Posted: 2012/09/27 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsJulian Assange and WikiLeaks have been declared enemies of the United States. Declassified US Air Force counter-intelligence documents reveal that military personnel contacting WikiLeaks may face execution for “communicating with the enemy.” The documents, which have been released under American Freedom of Information laws and published by WikiLeaks, were originally classified as secret and not […]
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange will address permanent representatives to the UN General Assembly at a high-level talk on the legal and ethical legitimacy of diplomatic asylum
Posted: 2012/09/26 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsRT has exclusive rights to broadcast the event live from the UN headquarters in New York. More: http://rt.com/news/assange-speech-un-assembly-952/
Ecuador might transfer Assange to Sweden (WikiLeaks)
Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be transferred to the Ecuadorian embassy in Sweden in order to respond to sex crime allegations that he faces there. Ecuador, which had granted the whistleblower political asylum, may ask Britain to transfer him under its protection, Ecuadorian Minister Ricardo Patino indicated on Friday. Patino told reporters that among different […]
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been offered an Aboriginal Nations passport
Posted: 2012/09/16 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsHis father, John Shipton, accepted the document at a celebration in inner Sydney suburb of Darlington today. He said his son had been jilted by the Australian government, and the passport ceremony – which follows Ecuador’s decision to grant Mr Assange diplomatic asylum – was a show of solidarity. “Australian governments of every colour are […]
Svartholm Warg at one point allegedly helped host the WikiLeaks site so that its files could be accessible on the web. Svartholm Warg is also rumored to be personally associated with Julian Assange, founder and promoter of WikiLeaks (Pirate Bay)
Posted: 2012/09/13 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsWikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says US gave ‘tacit approval’ to embassy attacks
Posted: 2012/09/13 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsWe give Julian tacit approval to shut up More: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/wikileaks-julian-assange-says-us-gave-tacit-approval-to-embassy-attacks/1001995/
Peter Sunde Suggests Connection Between Gottfrid Svartholm Warg And WikiLeaks (The Pirate Bay)
Posted: 2012/09/11 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsIt may have led to his arrest and deportation to Sweden Much more: http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-co-founder-lands-in-sweden-immediately-charged-by-police-120911/
Underground Brings Drama to Julian Assange’s Teenage Hacker Days (WikiLeaks)
Posted: 2012/09/09 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsLong before Julian Assange was known as the founder of WikiLeaks, he was a teenage hacktivist known by the handle Mendax. The new film Underground looks to expose that side of Assange, even as the media attention around the founder continues to reach epic proportions. Underground, which premieres Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival […]
Assange supporters lose bail money over his flight to embassy (WikiLeaks)
Posted: 2012/09/05 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reportsCelebrities who helped to put up £200,000 ($311,455) bail for the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, including the socialite Jemima Khan and the Australian journalist John Pilger, have lost their money. http://www.smh.com.au/world/assange-supporters-lose-bail-money-over-his-flight-to-embassy-20120905-25eso.html See also: The bigwigs who put up bail for Julian Assange—including Michael Moore—have already lost $317,000 of that money, and could lose another $222,000 […]
Hackers hit Swedish Web sites in support of Assange (WikiLeaks)
Posted: 2012/09/04 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reportsFreedom of speech…blablabla…freedom of information…blabla…repressive regimes…blabla…censorship…blabla More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57505310-83/hackers-hit-swedish-web-sites-in-support-of-assange/
