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WikiLeaks Under Fire

Posted by Soulskill on from the also-possibly-on-fire dept.

kan0r writes "The transparency group WikiLeaks.org currently seems to be under heavy fire. The main WikiLeaks.org DNS entry is unavailable, reportedly due to a restraining order relating to a series of articles and documents released by WikiLeaks about off-shore trust structures in the Cayman Islands. The WikiLeaks whistle blower, allegedly former vice president of the Cayman Islands branch of swiss bank Julius Baer, states in the WikiLeaks documents that the bank supported tax evasion and money laundering by its clients from around the world. WikiLeaks alternate names remained available until Saturday, when there seems to have been a heavy DDoS attack and a fire at the ISP. The documents in question are still available on other WikiLeaks sites, such as wikileaks.be, and are also mirrored on Cryptome. Details of the court documents have also been made available."

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  1. Restraining order? by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hereby judge that WikiLeak's DNS entry is not allowed to pass within 100 feet of any US DNS server, on penalty of having to memorise himself in IPv6 form

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    which is totally what she said
  2. Insult + Injury by cthulu_mt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great idea. On top of a DDoS attack lets add the Slashdot effect. I can smell the smoke pouring off their servers.

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  3. Yawn by 4D6963 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wake me up when the anchor of a ship accidentally cuts every cable around the WikiLeaks server buildings..

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    You just got troll'd!
  4. Re:But why? by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because everyone loves Krusty the clown and getting him in trouble with the IRS over his secret, illegal account in the Cayman Islands is going to make everyone mad!

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  5. Re:Must be doing someting right... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    When you're slapped with a restraining order, you get hit with a dDOS, and one of your UPS units "accidentally" ignites , you know you must be doing something right.
    If this were an episode of 24, they'd kidnap WikiLeaks' daughter, too.
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  6. Re:Doesn't necessarily have to be big business/ go by alx5000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean it takes alot of brains to maintain a big business
    Sure it does...
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  7. Re:But why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It generates more free publicity and advertising for the bank's tax-sheltering and money-laundering services, with the reassuring message that the U.S. courts are standing behind you should you patronize aforesaid bank.

    Meanwhile Wikileaks gets to have it's operating premises reinforced, play victim, garner more support, funds, etc.

    So you see, it's a win-win strategy all around. What, me cynical?

  8. Re:Winner: Counter-productive move of the year by Alsee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Joe Garelli on NewsRadio said it best:
    "You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool."

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  9. Re:Must be doing someting right... by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe it "accidentally" ignited so that they could get rid of damning evidence.

    Storing data on a UPS? That would be security through obscurity.

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