Wikileaks defended by Anonymous hacktivists [View All]

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Source: BBC

Internet hacktivists have fired the latest salvo in the Wikileaks infowar. A group called Anonymous has hit sites that have refused to do business with the controversial whistle-blowing site with a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks.

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Anonymous is a loose-knit group of hacktivists, with links to the notorious message board 4chan.

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A member of Anonymous who calls himself Coldblood told the BBC that "multiple things are being done".

"Websites that are bowing down to government pressure have become targets," he said. "As an organisation we have always taken a strong stance on censorship and freedom of expression on the internet and come out against those who seek to destroy it by any means."

"We feel that Wikileaks has become more than just about leaking of documents, it has become a war ground, the people vs. the government," he said.

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