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WikiLeaks Site Under Attack Again; Promises Major Release on US Bank

   VOA News 30 November 2010
   Founder  of  the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, explains a website
   during a press conference in London, Oct. 23, 2010 (file photo)

Photo: AP

   Founder  of  the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, explains a website
   during a press conference in London, Oct. 23, 2010 (file photo)

   The  WikiLeaks  website  claims  it  is the target of another powerful
   cyber  attack.  Officials with the website made the claim Tuesday in a
   Twitter message.
   This is the second time in three days that the WikiLeaks site has come
   under  attack. Hackers also attacked the site Sunday, before WikiLeaks
   released more than a quarter-million sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables.
   In  both  attacks,  hackers  flooded  the  website  with  requests for
   information  in  order  to  essentially  make the site inaccessible to
   other users.
   Also  Tuesday,  Forbes  magazine  reported  WikiLeaks plans to release
   documents from a major U.S. financial firm early next year.
   WikiLeaks  founder  Julian  Assange  told  the  magazine  the  tens of
   thousands  of  documents  will expose what he called "the ecosystem of
   corruption."
   Assange is an Australian citizen and former computer hacker.
   The  United  States  has condemned the release of the documents, which
   reveal  details of candid U.S. diplomatic assessments of world leaders
   and  events.  They  also  quote  top-level  discussions with officials
   around the world.

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