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http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1604313.php/Hacker-allies-of-WikiLeaks-attack-MasterCard-Roundup
Dec 8, 2010, 15:02 GMT
Berlin - Hackers supporting the WikiLeaks organization attacked the website
of MasterCard on Wednesday, retaliating for the gradual shutdown of most
channels for the leaker group to receive donations.
The credit-card company had previously blocked donations via MasterCard to
WikiLeaks, following the example of rival Visa and the online payment
service PayPal. MasterCard's website could not be accessed Wednesday
afternoon.
The attackers claimed over their Twitter account responsibility for the
denial-of-service attack and said it was part of 'Operation:Payback.'
Datacell, the Iceland-based commercial arm of WikiLeaks, said it would taken
legal action against both credit-card companies.
The personal account of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange, 39, at a Swiss bank
was closed earlier this week.
Assange is in Wandsworth Prison in London after Sweden sought his
extradition on forced sex charges. Sweden denies this has any connection
with US efforts to bring Assange to justice for gradually releasing 250,000
leaked US diplomatic cables.
Assange has denied the Swedish allegations, saying they are part of a smear
campaign.
A German foundation which has been a conduit for donations to WikiLeaks, the
Wau Holland Stiftung, said its lawyer was sending a warning to PayPal,
charging that about 10,000 euros (13,000 dollars) had been frozen by PayPal,
a subsidiary of eBay.
It said this was the amount donated via PayPal from Friday to Saturday, when
the PayPal account was finally frozen. It said PayPal's allegation of '
illegal activity' was libellous and must be deleted from the PayPal blog.
The only remaining donation channels mentioned Wednesday on the WikiLeaks
website were remittances to Wau Holland's bank account in Germany, transfers
to a bank account in Iceland or mailing cash or cheques to a post-office
box in Melbourne, Australia.
Supporters of Assange were believed to have targeted the website of the
Swedish prosecution agency overnight Wednesday, blocking access to the
agency's site.
The website was back up Wednesday but users could experience some
disturbances, the Prosecution Authority said.
Another target was a website operated by a Swedish lawyer, who represents
the two women who filed the complaints against Assange.
Australia pledged consular help to Assange and backed away from its claim
that releasing confidential US diplomatic cables had constituted a crime. |
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