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28 Dec 2010, 4:58 am by Dan
Hackers can do some damage simply by being disruptive—as with the group that crashed the websites of Amazon, Visa and MasterCard in connection with WikiLeaks. [read post]
27 Dec 2010, 4:00 am by David Kravets
Amazon cut off its web hosting, and PayPal, Visa, MasterCard and Bank of America blocked donations to the organization. [read post]
26 Dec 2010, 5:10 am by Shireen Smith
A major source of funding has also been unavailable since PayPal suspended Wikileaks’ account, compounded by similar moves by MasterCard and VISA Europe. [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 9:38 pm by Marie Louise
Global Global – General Calls at UN for an international body to prevent Internet control (IP Watch) Patent ‘expert’ opinion on reasons for Google tender offer for Groupon reveals fundamental problems with IP professionals (IP Asset Maximizer Blog) The technology of plagiarism and plagiarism detection (Plagiarism Today) Global – Copyright TVO planning free digital archive (Michael Geist) Mastercard may cut off file sharing sites over piracy (Ars Technica) Global… [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 1:19 pm
File-sharing sites like Megaupload and RapidShare could find themselves cut off from MasterCard payments due to their users' propensity to use them for file-sharing. [read post]
23 Dec 2010, 11:40 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Wikileaks: attempts to take down Wikileaks are a classic case study of private censorship—we don’t know if they broke any laws; haven’t been charged; yet things are happening with Mastercard, Paypal, Amazon’s cloud service, denying them access. [read post]
21 Dec 2010, 1:11 pm by Kevin Poulsen
Amazon cut off WikiLeaks hosting, and PayPal, Visa, MasterCard and Bank of America have all blocked donations to the organization. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 3:02 pm by Juliana
Last Friday, Bank of America joined the ranks of Amazon, PayPal, MasterCard, and Visa Europe in denying service to WikiLeaks. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 1:53 pm
Even spending with credit cards like Visa and MasterCard is capped off at an undisclosed amount and if a consumer hits the limit their card will be declined. [read post]
20 Dec 2010, 9:07 am by Betsy McKenzie
But that attack generated a stream of data equal to just 4 percent of Akamai’s average daily traffic load, and was easily absorbed.The data traffic aimed at the five Internet retailers equaled less than half of 1 percent of Akamai’s daily load and was barely noticed.Akamai’s robust network may have also helped protect Internet retailer Amazon.com from online vandalism.A group calling itself Anonymous posted Twitter messages that took credit for bringing down the Visa and… [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 10:06 am by Usha Rodrigues
  MasterCard and Visa's stocks tumbled, banks stocks fell less. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 9:52 am by Barco Reference Librarian
The article addresses online attacks and counterattacks associated with WikiLeaks, including attacks by Wikileaks supporters on MasterCard and Paypal for declining to accept donations for Wikileaks. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 6:36 am
Their stock prices were down on December 16 by 10% (Mastercard) to 13% (Visa). [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 12:34 pm by Jonathan Bailey
After that PayPal, Mastercard and Visa all stopped processing donations for the site. [read post]
14 Dec 2010, 5:37 am by Rachel, Legal Assistant
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: WikiLeaks founder seeks bail in U.K. court http://is.gd/iJjZdRighthaven, Images, and Drudge http://is.gd/iJjNeJudge Rejects Sweeping Infringement Suit Against Google, Apple and Others http://is.gd/iJjFNBelow-average cancer rates found in town of Brockovich fame http://is.gd/iJjCRCourt OKs Case Over 'Dangerous' Toilet Roll Dispenser http://is.gd/iJjnASmart people SLEEP LATE - People with higher IQs are more apt to be… [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 1:48 pm
Again like every self respecting blogger on the planet, I have written a short comment for the Grauniad on Wikileaks.The main thrust of the point I was making is that settling a dispute of major public consequence by covert and non-legitimate bully boy tactics - covert pressure on hosts, payment services and DNS servers, plus DDOS attacks on Wikileaks hosts from the US-sympathising side - and anonymous DDOS attacks on sites like Amazon, Mastercard and Assange's alleged rape… [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 1:47 pm by Kim Zetter
PayPal, Visa and MasterCard all blocked supporters from donating money to the organization via these avenues, though supporters can still donate through direct bank transfers or by mailing a check. [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 11:49 pm by Sam Gustin
” Photo Credit: Matt Haughey See Also: Vigilantes Take Offensive in WikiLeaks Censorship Battle Dutch Arrest Teen for Pro-WikiLeaks Attack on Visa and MasterCard Websites Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account Anonymous Unfurls ‘Operation Titstorm’ Oops! [read post]
12 Dec 2010, 7:55 am by Doug
The fact that financial companies like MasterCard and Visa have left part of their operations vulnerable raises questions of whether businesses are using every tool available to them to gird for attacks from a more-sophisticated cyber army. [read post]