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Friday, December 10, 2010

Anonymous attackers 'go public'

By CASSELL BRYAN-LOW LONDON—A 16-year-old Dutch boy arrested Wednesday night by Netherlands police in connection with the WikiLeaks cyber attacks appeared more
Wall Street Journal ( 12/10/2010 5:08:41 PM -08:00 )

Attacks Test Firms' Internet Defenses
The computer attacks against Visa Inc., PayPal and other companies that cut off ties with WikiLeaks are testing more
Wall Street Journal ( 12/10/2010 4:06:46 PM -08:00 )

New breed launched cyber counterattack in support of WikiLeaks
The 'hacktivists' are a new breed of online protesters ready to engage in acts of cyber-disobedience against corporations, politicians and religious more
Los Angeles Times ( 12/10/2010 3:33:15 PM -08:00 )

WikiLeaks Cables For Dec. 10, 2010: Pakistan's Camps For Terror And More
WikiLeaks released more confidential documents from the US State Department on Friday, and continues to show no signs of slowing since the arrest of its more
Huffington Post ( 12/10/2010 2:49:41 PM -08:00 )

Joining Pro-WikiLeaks Attacks Is as Easy as Clicking a Button
A screenshot of an online application to participate in Anonymous's denial of service attack against companies that cut off services to more
Wired News (blog) ( 12/10/2010 2:46:00 PM -08:00 )

Anonymous attackers 'go public'
'Coldblood', a member of the group Anonymous, tells Jane Wakefield why he views its attacks on Visa and Mastercard as defence of Wikileaks. more
BBC News ( 12/10/2010 2:22:01 PM -08:00 )

Hackers rally around Dutch WikiLeaks DDoS suspect
Members of RevSpace, a hacker collective in The Hague want to teach "Jeroenz0r," currently in custody for cyberattacks against more
Computerworld ( 12/10/2010 2:10:10 PM -08:00 )

Guerrilla action
After WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was held by a London court, a force of Internet freedom-fighters have rallied around, in protest and direct action. more
Indian Express ( 12/10/2010 1:45:08 PM -08:00 )

Pro-WikiLeaks Attacks Sputter After Counterattacks, Dissent Over Tactics
The attacks by pro-WikiLeaks supporters against companies that cut off services to the secret-spilling website have fallen into disrepair more
Wired News (blog) ( 12/10/2010 1:15:30 PM -08:00 )

Cyberattacks Q&A: 'World of pain' for those who don't support WikiLeaks
Gregg Housh, an unofficial spokesman for Anonymous, explains how the hactivist collective's voluntary botnet was powerful enough to bring down Visa and more
Christian Science Monitor ( 12/10/2010 12:43:56 PM -08:00 )

WikiLeaks and Anonymous
So Julian Assange is in jail in London, dressed, according to press reports, in a standard gray tracksuit. And a Dutch sixteen-year-old has been arrested more
New Yorker (blog) ( 12/10/2010 12:07:24 PM -08:00 )

WikiLeaks cyberattacks Q&A: MasterCard and Visa 'have egg on their faces.'
WikiLeaks cyberattacks Q&A: MasterCard and Visa 'MasterCard died quick,' Gregg Housh, an unofficial spokesman for the hactivists known as Anonymous, says in an interview with the Monitor. more
Christian Science Monitor ( 12/10/2010 11:40:57 AM -08:00 )

Wikileaks exposes corporate cowardice
LONDON — Will Visa Europe prevent its clients from subscribing to the Guardian? Will Mastercard allege it can't handle payments to the New York Times more
Reuters Blogs (blog) ( 12/10/2010 11:32:11 AM -08:00 )

US to aid of Wiki's foes, readies law to gag site
Holder made the comment at a news conference after a meeting on cybersecurity, counterterror and data protection with European Union law enforcement more
Times of India ( 12/10/2010 11:32:09 AM -08:00 )

Anonymous cyberwarriors stun experts
Internet subcultures rarely make front page news. But when the mysterious forces of Anonymous took it upon more
Financial Times ( 12/10/2010 11:26:12 AM -08:00 )

Who's Googling WikiLeaks The Most? (PICTURES)
And why not? It's been one compelling, drama-filled event after another: first the contents of the cables themselves--littered with colorful diplomatic name more
Huffington Post ( 12/10/2010 11:14:45 AM -08:00 )

Pro-WikiLeaks Digital Activists Change Course
After several days of launching denial-of-service attacks on companies who eschewed doing business with WikiLeaks, the loosely affiliated group known as more
The Atlantic (blog) ( 12/10/2010 11:02:57 AM -08:00 )

Operation Payback suffers its first casualty
OPERATION PAYBACK appears to have got some in return with the arrest of someone accused of being one of its volunteers. more
Inquirer ( 12/10/2010 10:45:45 AM -08:00 )

Hacker group defends attacks on WikiLeaks foes
Computerworld - Anonymous, a loosely affiliated group of Internet vigilantes that has claimed responsibility for a series of Internet more
Computerworld ( 12/10/2010 10:44:27 AM -08:00 )

WikiLeaks cables: Anonymous declares online war against companies
WikiLeaks cables: Anonymous declares online war against companiesIt is being described as the first great cyber war: an online collision between some of the world's greatest brands and a little-known, poorly understood more
The Guardian ( 12/10/2010 10:23:30 AM -08:00 )