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Five-hour talk between Google's Schmidt, Wikileaks founder released
- Wikileaks has published a five-hour long conversation between former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Wikileaks' head man Julian Assange. The recording's rather timely release coincides with the launch of Schmidt's book, "The New Digital Age" which is slated to arrive…
PlusD is Wikileaks' searchable archive of U.S. classified documents
- Wikileaks has unveiled a newly searchable archive dubbed the "Public LIbrary of U.S. Diplomacy" or otherwise known as PlusD. The whistle-blowing organization hopes its efforts to sort, tag and analyze an enormous collection of more than two million U.S. documents…
Manning pleads guilty, hoped leaks would "cause society to reconsider" war on terror
- During his military trial at Ft. Meade, Bradley Manning, age 25, plead guilty yesterday to 10 of 22 charges stemming from the submission of classified information to Wikileaks in 2010. Manning has claimed responsibility for obtaining and sharing hundreds of…
Swedish police raid hosting firm PRQ, takes down "pirate" websites
- Swedish police officers recently conducted a raid on web host PeRiQuito AB, or PRQ. Law enforcement officials confiscated four servers according to PRQ owner Mikael Viborg although it’s unclear at this hour which site(s) were hosted on the machines. Unsurprisingly,…
Ecuadorian government grants Wikileaks' Julian Assange diplomatic asylum
- During a press conference held by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ricardo Patiño, the Ecuadorian government announced that Julian Assange will receive diplomatic asylum in the South American country. After thoroughly investigating Assange’s claims, Ecuador reportedly verified that the Wikileaks…
WikiLeaks reveals massive surveillance effort, crippled by DDoS attack
- Last week, Wikileaks released internal documents and emails obtained by hackers regarding TrapWire, a privately-owned surveillance technology utilized by various private and public agencies. It appears TrapWire works by collecting surveillance data from participating private and public sources (CCTV cameras,…
WikiLeaks founder seeks political asylum at Ecuadorian Embassy in London
- The long running legal battle to extradite WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to Sweden to face sex crime allegations took a turn on Tuesday evening after he walked into the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and requested political asylum under the United…
Wikileaks goes political, Julian Assange runs for Australian Senate
- According to ABC News Australia, controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has decided to run for a seat in Australia's Upper House. Not only does Assange aspire to become a political figure himself, but Wikileaks also claims to have its own…
WikiLeaks to buy boat, move servers offshore to avoid prosecution
- Investors for WikiLeaks are reportedly in the process of purchasing a boat that would be used to move the site’s servers offshore in an attempt to avoid prosecution from law enforcement in the United States. Multiple sources within the hacking…
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to host new TV show
- WikiLeaks has announced that founder Julian Assange will be hosting his own television show that features interviews with key political players from around the globe. The theme of the interview show is “the world tomorrow” and is scheduled to begin…
Wikileaks exposes surveillance industry with 'The Spy Files'
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Julian Assange, creator of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, announced the latest project for his website today. Dubbed the Spyfiles, the project centers around the publication of files that allegedly prove how Western and Eastern high-tech companies compete against each other...
DARPA will use decoy documents to catch leaks
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The U.S. Department of Defense plans to discourage would-be document leakers by planting false documents, but there is a twist. These decoy documents, as they are described, sound sophisticated. The files employ a security feature which...
WikiLeaks could be forced to shut down by year's end
- Wikileaks is on the verge of shutting down unless the organization is able to overcome blockades put in place by US financial institutions. Founder Julian Assange said on Monday at a news conference in London that the group needs $3.5…
Wikileaks supporters targeted in secret US court order
- The US government has obtained a secret court order to force Google and a small ISP called Sonic, to hand over the information contained in the email accounts of a Wikileaks volunteer. The request included the emails and addresses of…
Wikileaks website targeted by hackers
- Wikileaks found itself the victim of a cyberattack on Tuesday, shortly after the release of thousands of US State Department communications. News broke of the attack on their Twitter page, which offered another link to the communications, and a message…
PayPal drops WikiLeaks following cable controversy
- Over the weekend the battle to take down WikiLeaks grew even more complex: PayPal joined the fray by terminating the WikiLeaks donation account, citing a violation of its terms of service. "Our payment service cannot be used for any activities…
WikiLeaks documents link China to Google attack
- WikiLeaks is causing quite an international uproar with the release of more than 250,000 confidential documents containing communications from U.S. embassies across the globe. The documents reveal the nation’s policy and views on all sorts of foreign incidents. Among them,…
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