engine - 11:01 am on Dec 8, 2010 (gmt 0)

Mastercard Site Hit By 'Hacktivists' Over Wikileaks [bbc.co.uk]

Internet hacktivists are claiming to have brought down the Mastercard website as revenge for the firm withdrawing services to Wikileaks. The Anonymous group of hackers have also brought down the website of the Swedish prosecutors office which is pursuing founder Julian Assange. It has pledged to launch denial-of-service attacks on websites it sees as anti-Wikileaks. Earlier it hit the Swiss bank that froze Mr Assange's assets. PayPal, which has stopped processing donations to Wikileaks, has also been targetted.