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Mastercard 'hit by Wikileaks revenge attacks'

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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.

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

"We are glad to tell you that Mastercard is down and it's confirmed," the group tweeted.

Mastercard has not yet confirmed the attack but security experts have said the site has been under a so-called distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS), which swamp a site with so many requests that it becomes overwhelmed,



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539

i dey see danger. wahala dey! wahala dey!

Nice move.let him tell the world what such criminal minded leaders do behind the scene that cause so many lives everyday. target all anti-wikileak goons.they can't handle the truth nonsense!!!

haka_nai:

Nice move.let him tell the world what such criminal minded leaders do behind the scene that cause so many lives everyday. target all anti-wikileak goons.they can't handle the truth nonsense!!!

and u don't see this as criminal move? If your business was attacked in such a way, would you be out here demanding the attackers continue?

@kobojunkie
A business that condones suppressing the truth and victimization of its customer over his right to air free information.mastercard did that because they support a group they feel a need to stand with, because of interest. This hackers just responded by saying, we could also screw em up like they threaten you. 

haka_nai:

@kobojunkie
A business that condones suppressing the truth and victimization of its customer over his right to air free information.mastercard did that because they support a group they feel a need to stand with, because of  interest. This hackers just responded by saying, we could also screw em up like they threaten you. 

Suppressing the truth? Are you sure? Cause much of the information released has yet to SHOCK anyone,especially here in the US. So, are you sure the truth is being suppressed or you are just reacting to all the buzz like so many people are?

^^^
Try checking the propaganda information they continue to allow us consume every now and then about how saint like USA and there allies etc represent.looking at wikileaks information and alot more i now know better and can draw my own conclusion on real facts not manipulated facts.while you are in US it maybe easy to say you know.look at it this way,they try to keep you safe at the expense of others.Now we know and i am glad it keeps coming because i know for sure,i can trust em.Even the USA government going by there comments recently have shown where they stand. Cleaning up there mess.

haka_nai:

^^^
Try checking the propaganda information they continue to allow us consume every now and then about how saint like USA and there allies etc  represent.looking at wikileaks information and alot more i now know better and can draw my own conclusion on real facts not manipulated facts.while you are in US it maybe easy to say you know.look at it this way,they try to keep you safe at the expense of others.Now we know and i am glad it keeps coming because i know for sure,i can trust em.Even the USA government going by there comments recently have shown where they stand. Cleaning up there mess.

I asked you a question, you realize that? I asked you what NEW information are you now privy to that you believe you never had before now if not for these leaks? I have, I believe made it clear, that I have not read anything NEW out of the cables and then asking you to tell me what new data you have so far been able to glean from the leaks, since you claim the truth was suppressed from you prior.

seems the mastercard site is indeed down sha.

strange world.

access bk please warn visacard make them no join ooooooo

Kobojunkie:

and u don't see this as criminal move? If your business was attacked in such a way, would you be out here demanding the attackers continue?

The criminal moves started from hacking of UN diplomats info ranging from password, Bio-datas, Credit Card info(master card included) and others. So where do we start the blame game?

I know you will not answer anyway.

Oh Lordy, people are already jumping to ridiculous conclusions! Why am I not surprised?

Me thinks this is a tip of the iceberg.
There's more to come.

A can of worms will be opened.
The war is no longer physical. It is now cyber.

I say expose all the back stabbing, too faced, double faced chameleons.

@ Kobojunkie,

PayPal today admitted it suspended payments to WikiLeaks after an i[b]ntervention[/b] from the US State Department.

The site's vice-president of platform, Osama Bedier, told an internet conference the site had decided to freeze WikiLeaks's account on 4 Decembe[/b]r after government representatives said it was engaged in [b]illegal activity.

"State Dept told us these were illegal activities. It was straightforward," he told the LeWeb conference in Paris, adding: "We ,  comply with regulations around the world, making sure that we protect our brand."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/08/paypal-us-pressure-wikileaks-mastercard.

Whatever happened to Innocent until proven Guilty!The US government is always right, never wrong, always making the right decisions for the rest of the world and we should all be grateful to them,  I'm waiting for release of cables from Nigeria.

Kobojunkie:

Oh Lordy, people are already jumping to ridiculous conclusions! Why am I not surprised?

^^^^
Stockholm Syndrome.

Wait a second . . . . So because Paypal complied with Government requests, as is required of it by law, PayPal, and mastercard ought to be hacked? 

You might want to learn what Stockholm syndrome means before you go around using it.

Cyber warfare at its finest!

Wikileaks has not been convicted of any crime! Btw, closing all those accounts would not stop Wikileaks, I also suppose the CIA, DOD, State Departments didn't break rules spying on the UN abi? If Mastercard and Visacard have the moral right to close Wikileaks account then they should also close those Halibuton, Siemens etc atleast these companies admited to crimes, convicted and fined!

^^^ You are not making any sense at all because you continue to ignore the main reason for the closing of wikileaks accounts with those mere companies. What next? If a store refuses you sale for one reason or another, it is ok for people to go rob and loot the store in the name of justice?

haka_nai:

^^^
Try checking the propaganda information they continue to allow us consume every now and then about how saint like USA and there allies etc represent.looking at wikileaks information and alot more i now know better and can draw my own conclusion on real facts not manipulated facts.while you are in US it maybe easy to say you know.look at it this way,they try to keep you safe at the expense of others.Now we know and i am glad it keeps coming because i know for sure,i can trust em.Even the USA government going by there comments recently have shown where they stand. Cleaning up there mess.

USA's gripe is not with Assange per se, the issue is who the whistleblowers are; if people choose to divulge sensitive info relating to national and international affairs then I believe the state should come down heavily on them.

mrmayor:

Wikileaks has not been convicted of any crime! Btw, closing all those accounts would not stop Wikileaks, I also suppose the CIA, DOD, State Departments didn't break rules spying on the UN abi? If Mastercard and Visacard have the moral right to close Wikileaks account then they should also close those Halibuton, Siemens etc atleast these companies admited to crimes, convicted and fined!

espionage is not a new thing, almost all countries do it to gain political advantage so I dont see what the big deal is,
Mastercard reserve the right to close any of the customers account if they deem it necessary

@Kobojunkie,

In psychology, Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, essentially mistaking a lack of abuse from their captors as an act of kindness.[1] [2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

You madam have been held hostage by the adulation of your host country. You are trying to be more Patriotic than Patriots like Bill O'Reilly, Glen Beck, George Bush etc etc etc .

Kobojunkie:

^^^ You are not making any sense at all because you continue to ignore the main reason for the closing of wikileaks accounts with those mere companies. What next? If a store refuses you sale for one reason or another, it is ok for people to go rob and loot the store in the name of justice?

Of course I'm not making sense.

WikiLeaks cables: Lockerbie bomber freed after Gaddafi's 'thuggish' threats
Megrahi case led to threats against UK's Libyan interests, while Scots who released him had turned down 'a parade of treats'

Uk government was telling the whole world it Released a Mass Murderer on compassionate grounds, everyone knew it was about Oil deals, now histroy lessons would be much easier, Cablegate

mrmayor:

@Kobojunkie,

In psychology, Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, essentially mistaking a lack of abuse from their captors as an act of kindness.[1] [2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

You madam have been held hostage by the adulation of your host country. You are trying to be more Patriotic than Patriots like Bill O'Reilly, Glen Beck, George Bush etc etc etc .
Of course I'm not making sense.

WikiLeaks cables: Lockerbie bomber freed after Gaddafi's 'thuggish' threats
Megrahi case led to threats against UK's Libyan interests, while Scots who released him had turned down 'a parade of treats'

Uk government was telling the whole world it Released a Mass Murderer on compassionate grounds, everyone knew it was about Oil deals, now histroy lessons would be much easier, Cablegate

And this is proof of why you have not been making any sense all this while. You might want to get yourself checked first for that Stockholm syndrome you keep bantering on about cause it sure does not look like I am the one living as a slave to some delusion here . . .

Kobojunkie:

And this is proof of why you have not been making any sense all this while. You might want to get yourself checked first for that Stockholm syndrome  you keep bantering on about cause it sure does not look like I am the one living as a slave to some delusion here  . . . 

Do you want me to post all the cables release so far? I think not.

You can wave your Stars and Stripes to the high heavens for all I care. I will be watching your reaction when Cables From Nigeria are released. I rest my case

mrmayor:

Do you want me to post all the cables release so far? I think not.

You can wave your Stars and Stripes to the high heavens for all I care. I will be watching your reaction when Cables From Nigeria are released. I rest my case

Well,I have read much of the cables to date. Nothing new in most all the releases, even recent ones one would really tag sensitive or new. Most of it seems more like office gossip than anything else.

I will read cables leaked from Nigeria as well but I am sorry that does not mean the person who leaks it is to be exempt from legal ramifications of such activity. I myself tried getting my hands on some Nigerian documents some time ago but decided the legal problems were not worth it for me. Not sure why you think we are all cowards, maybe like you, and so somehow think crime should be excused as long as it does not affect us or something.

Quote from: mrmayor on Today at 09:08:19 PM

@Kobojunkie,In psychology, Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, essentially mistaking a lack of abuse from their captors as an act of kindness.

what i won't hear on NL ? Kobojunkie has got stockholm syndrome and is being held captive by the US govt.

Fela once said [b]"My people dey fear things wey dem no see, thats why army man go whip your yan$h you go dey look like donkey" [/b]Some many crimes have been commited and hidden under National Security. All Dictators also lay claim to National Security.You'll make a good spokes woman for Abacha, GEJ etc .

CNN Headline.Horror, Nigerian Army sacks a community in Ekiti State.

kobojunkie Naija Gonment spokes woman, denies it. The Army is Ekiti is there for National Security. stories are from our detractors.

CNN Headline. Wikileaks: Naijagate, proof of Mass Murder in Ekiti State.

Kobojunkie, Julian Assange is a Terrorist, he has no business intefering in National Security, governments the world over have the Right to Secrets

Madam,

You may be trusting of Authorities, I'm not.

Kobojunkie:

Well,I have read much of the cables to date. Nothing new in most all the releases, even recent ones one would really tag sensitive or new. Most of it seems more like office gossip than anything else.

If its office gossip why closing his account and witch hunting him.

[/quote]I will read cables leaked from Nigeria as well but I am sorry that does not mean the person who leaks it is to be exempt from legal ramifications of such activity. I myself tried getting my hands on some Nigerian documents some time ago but decided the legal problems were not worth it for me. Not sure why you think we are all cowards, maybe like you, and so somehow think crime should be excused as long as it does not affect us or something.
[quote]

You are the one excusing crime here, Hillary Clinton gave a directive to hack UN Diplomats info, i have not seen you condem such directive but you are keen to call condem Assange for similar crime. Kobo where is thy Moral.

mrmayor:

Fela once said [b]"My people dey fear things wey dem no see, thats why army man go whip your yan$h you go dey look like donkey" [/b]Some many crimes have been commited and hidden under National Security. All Dictators also lay claim to National Security.You'll make a good spokes woman for Abacha, GEJ etc .

CNN Headline.Horror, Nigerian Army sacks a community in Ekiti State.

kobojunkie Naija Gonment spokes woman, denies it. The Army is Ekiti is there for National Security. stories are from our detractors.

CNN Headline. Wikileaks: Naijagate, proof of Mass Murder in Ekiti State.

Kobojunkie, Julian Assange is a Terrorist, he has no business intefering in National Security, governments the world over have the Right to Secrets

Madam,

You may be trusting of Authorities, I'm not.

You are still not making any sense, you know that right?  For justice to be fair, it cannot be one-sided -- I am moved to believe you know that? I am going to pretend you want justice but it somehow seems you want it ONLY when it suits you or just for the side you are willing to throw your lot in with, am I right?

Let’s assume for a minute that any one of the scenarios you have above makes remote sense and by chance  is true. What stops the people from learning the truth and the truth teller who STOLE the information at the same time serving for the crime of stealing? Or isn't justice supposed to be blind after all?

Remember I started here with you when you stated it was FAIR for hackers to hack into companies that do not agree with you on issues and do not want to take sides in this? You came out and admitted that these companies were ordered to shut down an account but in the same you continue to blame the companies and I wonder if you are able to comprehend how unfair your own assertions have been, even as you claim fairness is what you stand for.

Well it's another day and finally Wikileaks has something on Nigeria
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-564907.0.html

It's now the turn of american arm of VISA site to be hacked.

The European arm is still up and running.

Here's hoping we will not hear that banks are being attacked next and accounts hacked and then drained by the same "intelligent minds".

This getting even more interesting.
The hackers have threatened to target twitter. . . LOL