PayPal Busted for Bogus Wikileaks Excuse [Embarrassments]
Facing a booing crowd in Europe, a PayPal executive tried to explain why his company blocked donations to Wikileaks. He cited a letter from the State Department calling the secrets-sharing site illegal. Sadly for him, no such letter exists. More »
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Noose Closes Around Pro-Wikileaks Vigilantes [Infowar]
Operation Payback is facing a little payback of its own. First Twitter closed the pro-Wikileaks hacker movement’s account. And now we hear the Feds are shutting down some online discussion of Operation Payback attacks. More »
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Is Twitter Playing Whack-a-Mole With Pro-Wikileaks Hacktivist Accounts? [Hackers]
Distributed denial of service attacks, of the kind pro-Wikileaks hacktivists have been aiming at PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard, are not particularly complex to pull off. More »
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Jane Lynch Dissed, WikiLeaks Cut Off, Brooke Mueller Checks In: What’s the Buzz
by Claudine Zap
Our top picks from the day s hottest searches.
Playstation phone (Searches increased by 17,407%). A video appears to show the rumored gadget: A PSP Go and mobile rolled into one.
Brooke Mueller (+5,635%). The estranged wife of Charlie Sheen checked into a rehab facility . The mother of twins has struggled with sobriety and is preparing to stay on the wagon while she is filmed in Las Vegas for Paris Hilton s new show.
John Edwards (+1,979%). The failed presidential candidate is with his estranged wife, 61-year-old Elizabeth, who has ended her cancer treatment and f
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4channers Go After PayPal, Swiss Bank in Defense of Wikileaks [Hackers]
4chan-affiliated hacker group Anonymous has declared war on enemies of secret-sharing site Wikileaks. Internet war! Their first targets: PayPal, which won’t facilitate donations to Wikileaks, and PostFinance, the Swiss bank that froze founder Julian Assange’s accounts. So far, they’re one-for-two. More »
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