Dec 14 Watch News Wrap: WikiLeaks Founder Granted Bail; Fire in Bangladesh Kills 27 In other news Tuesday, a judge in Britain granted bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange despite protests from Swedish authorities who want to question him in connection with alleged sex crimes there. Also in Bangladesh, a fire tore through a… Continue watching
Dec 14 The Cases Against Julian Assange WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was freed from jail Tuesday on $310,000 bail and under strict security rules set down by a British court. Prosecution lawyer Gemma Lindfield announced prosecutors would appeal the decision to grant bail, but didn't give… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Gawker Hacking Exposes Some Web Users’ Bad Password Habits Gawker Media, one of the web's largest publishers, was hacked over the weekend and information for about 1.3 million users was made public. Jeffrey Brown speaks with the NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan about the cyber attack and what it means for… Continue watching
Dec 08 Who Are the ‘Anonymous’ Hackers Supporting WikiLeaks? DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s460aqff1', '5-SmC7fH78M', '29'); A group of hackers from around the globe has launched coordinated attacks in support of WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange. The attacks have targeted organizations, such as MasterCard, and individuals, including a Swedish… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch WikiLeaks Finds Itself Target of, Inspiration for Cyber Attacks WikiLeaks has become the target of hackers who oppose its latest release of secret government documents, but some supporters are waging cyber attacks against individuals and companies -- including MasterCard, PayPal and a Swiss bank -- that have severed ties… Continue watching
Dec 08 WikiLeaks’ Supporters Strike Sites WikiLeaks' supporters are striking back at those hampering the controversial site. According to the New York Times: Targets included Mastercard.com, which stopped processing donations for WikiLeaks; Amazon.com, which revoked server space from the group; the online payment service… Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Legal Tangle Tightens Around WikiLeaks, Julian Assange The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is just one of the many problems he and his secrets-exposing website now face as the U.S. explores possible prosecution on espionage charges. Gwen Ifill talks to Jeffrey Smith, former CIA general counsel,… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch WikiLeaks’ Assange Surrenders, But Denies Any Wrongdoing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange turned himself into Scotland Yard Tuesday, but his lawyers vowed to continue fighting extradition to Sweden, where he faces sexual-assault charges. Kwame Holman has more on the arrest and the threat of prosecution of the U.S. Continue watching
Dec 06 WikiLeaks Confronts More Legal, Funding and Hacker Challenges In the week since WikiLeaks began releasing a trove of diplomatic cables, the site has been attacked by hackers and senators, been kicked off Amazon's cloud-hosting… Continue reading
Dec 03 WikiLeaks Stays Visible, But Is Net Closing In? The cat-and-mouse game between WikiLeaks and its detractors continues. The site found itself without a domain name after its registrar, EveryDNS shut down WikiLeaks.org Thursday night, saying attacks on the site were threatening other customers. More… Continue reading