Thursday, December 9, 2010

WikiLeaks cyberwar: hackers target Paypal - Telegraph

WikiLeaks cyberwar: hackers target Paypal - Telegraph: "One of the hackers told the Daily Telegraph they were attacking the website's payment mechanism, and warned that Mastercard 's payment system could be next. The group has previously attacked the websites of Visa, Amazon and Mastercard but has not previously tried to disrupt a payment system.

The hackers decided to attack the Paypal website after it suspended payments to the Wikileaks fundraising account.

The group has previously attacked the websites of Visa, Mastercard and the Swedish government. It has already attacked the websites of Visa, Mastercard and the Swedish government."

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