Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Operation Payback's Next Target : Visa
Operation Payback attacking www.visa.com in 30 minutes. They called upon their members to "grab their weapons".
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U.S Lobbied Russian Gov On Behalf Of Visa & Mastercard
Following the Russian government's decision to set up the National Payment Card System (NPCS), U.S government was urged by its diplomats to intervene to protect the interests of the two American corporations Visa & Mastercard. NPCS would collect all credit card fees on domestic transactions_depriving Visa & Mastercard of a huge chunk of revenue.
Hence, why following the U.S government orders, Visa & Mastercard cut their ties with wikileaks and stopped donations to the website, citing violation of rules.
PayPal Admits U.S Pressure Over Wikileaks Freeze
PayPal, one of the major corporations who cut their ties with wikileaks in recent days, stopped processing money wikileaks at the weekend due to a "violation of PayPal acceptable use" policy.
But today it admits U.S pressure led them to freeze wikileaks account. The site's vice-president, Osama Bedier, the site decided to freeze wikileaks account after representatives from U.S Department said it was engaged in illegal activist.
Another major corporation was not accessible shortly after 9:30 today due to DDoS attacks on the website by a group that calls itself Anonymous.
Julian Assange Not Responsible For Security Breaches
Australia's Foreing Minister Kevin Rudd says Julian Assange is not responsible for security breaches.
"Legal liability lies with U.S government" says Kevin Rudd
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"Legal liability lies with U.S government" says Kevin Rudd
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Mastercard.com Taken Down
It has been confirmed that the same group that took down Swiss Bank website has taken down mastercard.com
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This is their twitter page : http://twitter.com/#!/Anon_Operation
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This is their twitter page : http://twitter.com/#!/Anon_Operation
Saudi Princes Throwing Parties
In cables released by wikileaks today it is reported that Saudi Princes throw lavish parties in a country whose middle class is gripped by puritanical Islamic laws.
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