Wednesday, December 8, 2010

CYBERWAR UPDATE: Visa.com NOW DOWN!

http://isitup.org/www.visa.com IT'S DOWN! KEEP FIRING!!! #DDOS #PAYBACK #WIKILEAKS
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9.20pm: Visa.com is now unavailable with Operation Payback coordinating the attack.
8.56pm: That was quick: the Personal Democracy Forum is holding a symposium on WikiLeaks and internet freedom in New York City on Saturday, asking questions such as "Is WikiLeaks a terrorist organization, or the beginning of a new kind of transnational investigative journalism?"
The panel includes luminaries such as Esther Dyson, Emily Bell and Arianna Huffington.
8.29pm: A reader emails to say:
I've just watched Hillary Clinton stroll out of the Freedom Forum: First Amendment Center in DC, looking particularly cheerful.
The reason for the cheerfulness may be that according to her schedule, Clinton's visit had nothing to do with the first amendment. She was there to meet CEOs from the Business Roundtable.
8.15pm: Is Visa the next target after Mastercard? This tweet purporting to come from the hacktivists at Operation Payback suggests it is:
WE ARE ATTACKING WWW.VISA.COM IN AN HOUR! GET YOUR WEAPONS READY http://bit.ly/e6iR3X AND STAY TUNED. #ddos #wikiealsk #payback

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