Julian Assange Distances Himself From Cyber Attacks

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Assange Distances Himself From WikiLeaks Cyber Attacks
By Judith Miller
December 10, 2010

Julian Assange, the jailed founder of WikiLeaks, is distancing himself from the cyber-attacks on MasterCard, Visa, and other organizations deemed hostile to him and WikiLeaks.

In a telephone interview with FoxNews.com on Thursday evening, Mark Stephens, a defense attorney for Assange, said his client, whom he visited in a London jail Thursday, denied responsibility for or knowledge of the attacks on various companies and organizations that been subjected to on-line attacks since Assange was arrested and denied bail on Tuesday.

“He told me that he did not order the attacks and that he was surprised by them,” Stephens said. “He said he was not happy about the cyber-attacks…because he believes in openness and free speech."

Stephens said that Assange himself disapproved of such hacking, “as a victim of cyber-crimes himself.”

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/10/assange-distances-wikileaks-cyber-attacks/

[msanthrope]

1. Reap the whirlwind, Julian. I guess you won't make bail thanks to your cyber-army. n/t

[Poll_Blind]

3. Ha ha! You wish. n/t

PB

[Better Believe It]

4. Bail? The judge would not grant bail at the first hearing. And no charges have been filed!

[Luminous Animal]

2. It is good then that "Anonymous" has changed tactics.

Mining the leaks (current and historical) for gems and catapulting them around the intertubes is much more in line with Wikileaks mission.

[justinaforjustice]

5. Title Misleading, Wikileaks Has Carried Out No Cyber Attacks.

The cyber attacks focused on those websites who have impeded Wikileaks'operations were not authorized or carried out by the Wikileaks organization, in fact Julian Assange and Wikileaks have specifically denounced denial of service attacks. The title of this post needs to be clarified.

Assange and those who work with him in Wikileaks are providing a heroic service to those who value truth and decency in our world.

While those who torture, murder, commit innumerable war crimes, including illegal invasions and occupations, killing and injuring millions, have been allowed to escape all accountability by the current U.S. administration and its allies, Wikileaks, a tiny, poorly funded organization has exposed the details of many of those crimes. We owe them our support, both moral and financial. Hopefully, their exposures will prevent more such crimes in the future.

[Better Believe It]

6. Good and valid point! Thanks for spotting that misleading caption.

It got by me.