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A year on, Assange still a divisive issue

It was reported last week that Ecuador's foreign minister was travelling to the United Kingdom to demand the British government allow Julian Assange to sunbathe.

By AAP | 17 June, 2013 10:58

Tags: Julian Assange, wikileaks
Let Assange sunbathe: Ecuador minister

Ecuador will lobby for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be allowed to sunbathe because it is a "fundamental right".

By AAP | 12 June, 2013 09:58

Tags: Julian Assange, wikileaks
Julian Assange hails US spying whistleblower

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has acclaimed whistleblower Edward Snowden as a "hero" defending personal liberty, but US lawmakers clamoured for his immediate expulsion from his Hong Kong hideout to face justice at home.

By AAP | 12 June, 2013 09:16

Tags: Julian Assange, PRISM, wikileaks
Prosecutor: Manning shared data without regard for national security

U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning accused of sharing thousands of classified government documents with WikiLeaks, knew that the information would aid enemies of the U.S., a prosecutor argued Monday.

By Grant Gross | 03 June, 2013 16:50

Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Bradley Manning, wikileaks, legal, U.S. Department of State, Joe Morrow, government, Criminal
WikiLeaks Party closer to registering

The WikiLeaks political party is a step closer to being registered in Australia.

By AAP | 22 May, 2013 11:57

Tags: Julian Assange, wikileaks

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Features about wikileaks

Something Wiki this way comes

It's been All WikiLeaks, All the Time here in Cringeville lately. And why not? As I noted last time out, this is the biggest thing to hit the WebberNets since Tim Berners Lee dreamed it up 20 years ago. We're still unraveling the implications and probably will continue to do so for months if not years.

By Robert X. Cringely | 11 December, 2010 10:42

Tags: security, wikileaks, internet
Could Wikileaks scandal lead to new virtual currency?

It's not an exaggeration to say that the recent Wikileaks scandal has shaken the Internet to its core. Regardless of where you stand on the debate, various services have simply refused to handle Wikileaks' business -- everything from domain-name providers to payment services -- and this has led to many questioning how robust the Internet actually is.

By Keir Thomas | 11 December, 2010 11:35

Tags: online security, wikileaks, shopping, social networks, internet, Bitcoin
WikiLeaks: A case study in Web survivability

In recent weeks WikiLeaks has been targeted by denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, had its hosting service shutdown, been bounced off of Amazon hosting, had its funding through PayPal, MasterCard and other sources shut down, and its leader arrested on sexual assault-related charges. The fact that WikiLeaks remains stubbornly and defiantly online holds some lessons for other sites when it comes to resilience and survivability.

By Tony Bradley | 09 December, 2010 07:29

Tags: network security, firewalls, management, Networking, security, wikileaks, Network management
Wikileaks leader talks of courage and wrestling pigs

In early March, two human rights lawyers from Kenya were on their way to give testimony about illegal killings by police when their car was blocked and they were shot dead at close range.

By Dan Nystedt | 28 October, 2009 09:56

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