Tag Archive for: Wikileaks

WikiLeaks defenders hack computer security firm trying to track them down – Sydney Morning Herald

A hacker group behind online attacks on companies that withdrew services to WikiLeaks busted through the defences of a computer security firm working with federal agents to expose their identities. Hackers operating under the banner “Anonymous” took credit …
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WikiLeaks supporters’ group abandons cyber attacks – YAHOO!

LONDON (Reuters) – A loose grouping of cyber activists supporting WikiLeaks has abandoned its strategy of online attacks on organizations seen as hostile to the site in favor of spreading the leaked documents far and wide online. Internet activists …
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WikiLeaks Cable Shows Spear-Phishing Used Against State Dept. – PC Magazine (blog)

One of the State Department cables leaked recently by WikiLeaks states that a department group engaged in negotiations with China prior to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) in Copenhagen, Denmark in December of 2009 were …
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Editorial: WikiLeaks case exposes major security lapses – Dallas Morning News

The rest is WikiLeaks history. If the 2008 attack – the worst military computer security breach ever – was indeed a wake-up call about the threat of digital infiltration, sabotage and theft, why didn’t Pentagon officials take it seriously enough to …
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