"Operation Payback" Hacktivists Exact Revenge on PayPal, MasterCard For WikiLeaks Ban
In light of the number of attacks that WikiLeaks has undergone in the past week an organization known as Anonymous has begun Operation: Payback to bring retribution down on the companies that would, in their words, censor WikiLeaks' information.
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WikiLeaks has revealed some startling information about how diplomats interact on the world stage; but the organization has also revealed just how far different groups will go to make sure this information is read. In light of the number of attacks that WikiLeaks has undergone in the past week – including a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, servers pulled by Amazon, donations pulled by PayPal and MasterCard, and Assange’s personal troubles – an organization known as Anonymous has begun Operation: Payback to bring retribution down on the companies that would, in their words, censor WikiLeaks’ information.
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