The New Dark Age

27 July 2011 — williambowles.info

Antisec goes after Paypal
Inquirer
The payment firm has already been targeted for stopping payments to Wikileaks, and in a separate and apparently random attack, had its Twitter feed taken over in the UK, but this latest attack – for want of another word, aims to hit it right at its …
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2097078/antisec-goes-paypal

Activists come of age at “Oscars” for hackers
Reuters Canada
By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) – The computer hacking community is gearing
up for its own version of the annual Oscars, with two notorious
“hacktivist” groups and industry heavyweight WikiLeaks among those vying
for the top award. …
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE76P7NR20110726

WikiLeaks documents shed light on US-backed intervention in Libya
World Socialist Web Site
By Robert Morgan US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks expose some of
the real reasons and diplomatic tensions behind NATO’s ongoing bombardment
of Libya. Far from initiating a “humanitarian” intervention to protect
civilians against Muammar …
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/jul2011/wiki-j27.shtml

From nuts to rotten apples, WikiLeaks sling more dirt on Dominican officials
Dominican Today
The confidential information sent by ex ambassadors Hans Hertell and Robert
Fannin, filtered by WikiLeaks and divulged by local news source Noticias
SIN, also revel Washington’s mistrust of the generals Héctor Medina
Medina, Rafael Bencosme Candelier …
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2011/7/26/40352/Fromnuts-to-rotten-apples-WikiLeaks-sling-more-dirt-on-Dominican

The Great Julian Assange / Slavoj Zizek Apocalyptic Love-In: Video
Motherboard
In case you missed your chance to win a date with them to watch the new
Transformers movie, see this video of a public conversation between Julian
Assange and Slavoj ?i?ek about the impact and ethics of Wikileaks on the
world (it’s significant, …
http://motherboard.tv/2011/7/27/the-great-julian-assange-slavoj-zizek-apocalyptic-love-in-video
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://motherboard.tv/2011/7/27/the-great-julian-assange-slavoj-zizek-apocalyptic-love-in-video&hl=en&geo=us

Newsmaker: Daniel Ellsberg
American Libraries
And now, of course, the internet is in libraries, which means the entire
output of WikiLeaks so far. My message to begin with was that the situation
today is remarkably similar to the one that the country was facing or the
president was facing 40 years …
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/columns/newsmaker/newsmaker-daniel-ellsberg

Why Bitcoin is not as anonymous as most users think
New Scientist (blog)
For example, WikiLeaks has tweeted its wallet address asking for donations,
so the researchers could identify bitcoins flowing in and out of its
wallet. The pair used the reported theft of $500000 worth of bitcoins as a
case study, discovering a number …
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/07/bitcoin-is-not-inherently-anon.html

Cyprus side stepped law and UN in treatment of containers
Cyprus Mail
Former US Ambassador to Cyprus Frank Urbancic nailed it in a cable to the
State Department (revealed by Wikileaks): “Greek Cypriots learn Security
Council resolutions like others learn their ABCs – early and by heart. No
country pays more lip service …
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/cyprus-side-stepped-law-and-un-treatment-containers/20110727

PLP eyed cruise port for Inagua
Bahamas Tribune
The former Christie government attempted to entice Royal Caribbean Cruise
Lines to build a cruise port on Great Inagua, diplomatic cables released by
Wikileaks have revealed, exploiting that island’s 50000 pink flamingos. A
February 23, 2004, …
http://www.tribune242.com/business/07262011_Cruise_business_Page3-2

Five Things You Need to Know Today: July 26
Patch.com
By Andre L. Taylor On this day in 2010, Over 92000 classified documents
detailing incidents related to the war in Afghanistan were released by
Wikileaks; this was the largest leak in US military history. If today is
your birthday, you share it with …
http://fallschurch.patch.com/articles/five-things-you-need-to-know-today-july-26-37

Hackers compete for the “pwnies’
Times LIVE
The computer hacking community is gearing up for its own version of the
annual Oscars, with two notorious “hacktivist” groups and industry
heavyweight WikiLeaks among those vying for the top award. Sony Corp and
EMC Corp’s RSA Security division will …
http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2011/07/27/hackers-compete-for-the-pwnies

Chief Justice’s “reverence” of US disqualifies him to hold post, official says
Dominican Today
He said the “kneeling” and “tearful” manner in which Subero and
Pichardo held the press conference makes them unworthy of holding those
posts, in the wake of an infamy revealed by WikiLeaks. The official said
Subero shouldn’t have gone to the US …
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2011/7/26/40357/Chief-Justices-reverence-of-US-disqualifies-him-to-hold-post

Photo by: Heng Chivoan
Phnom Penh Post
Nuon Chea’s attorneys wanted the Appeal Court to consider four diplomatic
cables from the United States embassy in Phnom Penh, made public earlier
this month by WikiLeaks. tribunal, knew of five witnesses who could give
evidence in an alleged kickback …
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011072750669/National-news/krt-graft-complaint-killed-on-appeal.html

Malawi mum on lost US aid
AFP
Malawi had expelled Britain’s envoy after website WikiLeaks published a
leaked diplomatic cable in which London accused Mutharika of “becoming ever
more autocratic and intolerant of criticism.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hfnEvvUf8XTQUlWqlCtPH9AXoKgw?docId=CNG.259d978e5386bee2f4d1714fe4a141a2.561

Anders Behring Breivik: ‘I’m surprised I wasn’t stopped’
The Guardian
In isolation, a request by the suspect for a copy of the WikiLeaks files
was reportedly rejected by the authorities last night. It also emerged the
Utøya Island massacre was, partly, drug-fuelled. Lippestad said the gunman
had taken unspecified drugs …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/26/norway-killer-breivik-surprised-stopped

Indian terror group seems to be back in business
Detroit Free Press
… “a radical fringe of technically savvy disaffected Indian Muslims who
embrace Islamic extremism in response to perceived injustices by the Hindu
majority,” according to a 2008 diplomatic cable from the US Embassy in New
Delhi obtained by WikiLeaks. …
http://www.freep.com/article/20110727/NEWS07/107270320/Indian-terror-group-seems-back-business

Phone-hacking’s first book deals; are e-book titles next?
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
News organizations have been quick out of the gate with e-book treatments
of fast-moving news stories such as the WikiLeaks saga and the Arab Spring.
But at least four prominent outlets that have dabbled in ebooks—the New
York Times, ProPublica, …
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/phone-hacking-first-book-deals-e-book-titles-155957897.html

Anonymous-linked Group Hacks Austria State TV Fee Collector
Social Barrel
Recently, the group reportedly opened its own social network called
Anonplus. Anonymous has been most famous for supporting WikiLeaks and
attacking financial firms like Visa, MasterCard and PayPal for refusing to
process donations to WikiLeaks.
http://socialbarrel.com/anonymous-linked-group-hacks-austria-state-tv-fee-collector/11821/

Gotcha journalism? Oh, it’s everywhere
China Daily
The New York Times recently bared its fangs in a case of double leak and
double betrayal, printing US State Department cables exposed by WikiLeaks,
but without the permission of its chief Julian Assange, who they then went
on to castigate and humiliate …
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-07/27/content_12989294.htm

Coming thunder
Frontline
Incidentally, the same issue came up during the Budget session of
Parliament in March, following reports in The Hindu relating to the
WikiLeaks cables that referred to payments to Lok Sabha members for voting
in favour of the UPA in 2008. …
http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110812281612700.htm

Editorial: Murdoch case shows where US, British journalism part
Dallas Morning News (subscription)
Newspapers, including this one, even published information knowing that it
was obtained through illegal means, as both the Pentagon Papers and
Wikileaks cases underscore. In those two cases, however, journalists didn’t
provoke the legal violations, …
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20110726-editorial-murdoch-case-shows-where-u.s.-british-journalism-part.ece

How Safe is Your Smartphone?
WAMC
And politically motivated hacking is on the rise, it said, with the
highest-profile protagonist being the “Anonymous” activist group that
targeted the websites of organizations it perceived to be hostile to
controversial site WikiLeaks. …
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1832641/WAMC.New.York.News/How.Safe.is.Your.Smartphone

With Call to Action, Obama Brings Down the House
The Atlantic
Joe Lieberman’s site as punishment for his stance on Wikileaks, and more
recently the group LulzSec engaged in a “just-for-kicks release of some
internal data from Senate.gov.” While House and Senate IT infrastructures
are two independent systems …
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/07/with-call-to-action-obama-brings-down-the-house/242560/

US report—Russia tied to embassy blast in Georgia
Georgiandaily
A Jan. 30, 2009, cable from US Ambassador John Beyrle first disclosed by
the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks accuses Russia’s Federal Security
Service of waging an intimidation campaign against an official at the
National Democratic Institute.
http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21687&Itemid=65

Americas Strategy designed to earn ‘outsized influence’ with US: Cable
Embassy
The confidential cable, sent from the American Embassy in Ottawa on April
15, 2009 and recently made public by Wikileaks, quotes a senior Foreign
Affairs official as telling an American political officer about “extended
discussions” between the …
http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/americas-07-27-2011

Press release: Editors can make better use of Facebook, social media: World …
editorsweblog.org (blog)
After WikiLeaks: the next step for newspapers, featuring Mathias Müller
von Blumencron, Editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel, Daniel Domscheit-Berg,
founder of OpenLeaks, and other speakers to be announced. – Paywalls, from
the newsroom perspective, …
http://www.editorsweblog.org/newsrooms_and_journalism/2011/07/press_release_editors_can_make_better_us.php

Going Inside the New York Times with Page One
Charleston City Paper
Time is given to a multitude of topics, most seen through the eyes of the
media desk, jumping from WikiLeaks to the Judith Miller scandal to a stop
at the Gawker offices to the rise in popularity of tablets to the failure
of the Tribune Co., …
http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/going-inside-the-new-york-times-with-page-one/Content?oid=3554400

Making Money From Cloud Computing
Motley Fool UK
US), which briefly hosted WikiLeaks at the end of last year. I’ve spotted a
trend in the IT world — the trend towards cloud computing. But which of
these cloud computing companies should I invest in, if any at all? To be
frank, this is where I’m a …
http://www.fool.co.uk/news/investing/2011/07/27/making-money-from-cloud-computing.aspx

The Politics of Surveillance: The Erosion of Privacy in Latin America
Global Voices Online
Leaked US diplomatic cables posted on the WikiLeaks whistleblower website
shed light on the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) communications
surveillance program and how the governments of Paraguay and Panama
pressured the US government to …
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2011/07/27/the-politics-of-surveillance-the-erosion-of-privacy-in-latin-america/

Libya’s stalemate shows it is time to tempt Gaddafi out, not blast him out
The Guardian (blog)
Concerning the former (ie the wikileaks-sourced revelations of the spying
operation) clearly the Americans, as host nation, need to be put on notice
that their future fitness to serve in this role will, in consequence, be
placed under ongoing review! …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/26/libya-gaddafi-war-nato-ceasefire

F5 Provides Essential Capabilities for Federal Government Agencies to Improve …
MarketWatch (press release)
And in recent years, government agencies and public sector organizations
also have experienced their share of WikiLeaks-style breaches of
confidential information. While battling a proliferation of increasingly
complex attacks, government agencies and …
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/f5-provides-essential-capabilities-for-federal-government-agencies-to-improve-security-and-efficiency-while-driving-costs-down-2011-07-26?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Vickers abruptly resigns as director of US-CERT
Infosecurity Magazine (US)
… claimed to have hacked into the public websites of the CIA and the
Senate. In addition, the group claimed to have hacked into the site of the
broadcaster PBS, after it aired a documentary Lulz considered critical of
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/19673/vickers-abruptly-resigns-as-director-of-uscert/

Can USAID Be a Force For Good In Egypt?
Middle East Online
An October 2007 cable released by WikiLeaks from the US embassy in Cairo
suggests that democracy and governance programming were part of an effort
to “optimize American influence” in Egypt during the leadership
succession crisis that the embassy …
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=47350

Independent News Powerhouses Launch Free Politics App for Desktop, Mobile
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
Recent focal points have included Wikileaks, wiretapping and judicial
abuse. We’re a big believer in transparency and the power of information to
change lives. We also hold that telling the stories of those
disenfranchised by popular media enriches our …
http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20110726006798/en/Twitter/UberMedia/Rawstory

INDIA’S NATIONAL MAGAZINE
Frontline
WikiLeaks exposed cables from the United States embassy in Damascus
indicating that many of these groups have received millions of dollars from
Washington. Many of the conservative Gulf countries are also helping the
opposition. …
http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110812281605200.htm

A new nation
Frontline
According to the cables accessed by WikiLeaks, the heavy weaponry on-board
the ship mv Faina hijacked by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea off the
Kenyan coast two years ago was meant for the government in Juba. In the
run-up to independence, …
http://www.frontline.in/stories/20110812281605700.htm

ProCon.org Honored in U.S. House of Representatives
PR Newswire (press release)
In June 2011, ProCon.org won the Top 25 Free Reference Websites of 2011
award from a division of the American Library Association along with TED,
Wikileaks, UNESCO, and Google Translate. Congressman Andrews serves on the
House Committee on Education …
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/proconorg-honored-in-us-house-of-representatives-126173158.html

Why We Should – and Can – Abolish All Patents
ComputerworldUK (blog)
Today, knowledge is abundant and it is practically impossible to keep
secrets (think Wikileaks…) This means that we can do away with the
distorting monopolies of patents: no incentive is now needed to invent,
because there are enough people to do it …
http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2011/07/why-we-should—-and-can—-abolish-all-patents/

FBI Targets 12 In Koch Industries Online Assault
The Smoking Gun
Last week, the FBI arrested 14 individuals who were indicted for allegedly
participating in a DDoS attack against PayPal in retaliation for the
company suspending the account of Wikileaks. The 12 individuals suspected
of involvement in the Koch …
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/koch-industries-ddos-attack-875410

WIKILEAKS: PM ABDULLAH’S POSITION ERODED AFTER TUMULTUOUS WEEK
By Super Admin
Malaysia Today. Independent News Portal in Malaysia. Read the latest news
in the country covering issue on politics, business, lifestyle, community,
and so much more.
http://www.malaysia-today.net/mtcolumns/42129-wikileaks-pm-abdullahs-position-eroded-after-tumultuous-week

A Situation of Parenti Control? Has WikiLeaks Inspired Artist …
By Sean
While “inspired” by WikiLeaks and other institution-challenging
organizations, Parenti is unique in that he at times takes on the very
sources of his inspiration. Additionally, he aims his creative activism and
digital venom at both the …
http://censorshipinamerica.com/2011/07/26/a-situation-of-parenti-control-has-wikileaks-inspired-artist-exiledsurfer-been-censored-blocked-on-us-government-networks/

Dear Kitty. Some blog :: Libyan war for oil, WikiLeaks documents …
By Administrator
US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks expose some of the real reasons
and diplomatic tensions behind NATO’s ongoing bombardment of Libya. Far
from initiating a “humanitarian” intervention to protect civilians
against Muammar …
http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2011/07/27/libyan-war-for-oil-wikileaks-documents-show/

Wikileaks: Hor 5 Hong and defamation lawsuit involving his role at …
By noreply@blogger.com (Socheata)
Source: http://wikileaks.org/cable/2001/10/01PHNOMPENH1740.html. IN JANUARY
2001, AT THE TIME OF THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE OVER THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL
LAW, THE CAMBODIA DAILY PUBLISHED TWO ARTICLES LINKING CAMBODIAN FOREIGN
MINISTER …
http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2011/07/wikileaks-hor-5-hong-and-defamation.html

Making Distinctions: Murdoch, WikiLeaks, and DSK « Jeffrey C …
By Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Making Distinctions: Murdoch, WikiLeaks, and DSK. By Jeffrey C. Goldfarb,
July 26th, 2011. I did not have the time to prepare a post while teaching
with Daniel Dayan “Media and News in a Time of Crisis” in Wroclaw,
Poland. …
http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/07/making-distinctions-murdoch-wikileaks-and-dsk/

WikiLeaks documents shed light on US-backed intervention in Libya …
By WLNews
WikiLeaks documents shed light on US-backed intervention in LibyaWorld
Socialist Web SiteUS diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks expose some of
the real reasons and diplomatic tensions behind NATO’s ongoing bombardment
of Libya.
http://wikilinksnews.com/wikileaks-news/wikileaks-documents-shed-light-on-us-backed-intervention-in-libya-world-socialist-web-site/

Re: Some thoughts on books about Wikileaks
By noreply@blogger.com (James Weinheimer)
snip “Extremism” is one of those things for which an objective definition
is elusive; however, I think the LCSH “Extremist Web sites” is appropriate
for works that purport to be about sites the author considers extreme. …
http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/2011/07/re-some-thoughts-on-books-about.html

McCain Pushes For Select Committee to Address Wikileaks, Anonymous …
John McCain is asking Senate leaders to establish a select committee on
cybersecurity to address Anonymous and Wikileaks.
https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/mccain-pushes-select-committe-address-wikileaks-anonymous-attacks-071411