WikiLeaks Site Under Attack Again; Promises Major Release on US Bank
VOA News
30 November 2010
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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