Internet hacktivists have fired the latest salvo in the Wikileaks infowar.A group called Anonymous has hit sites that have refused to do business with the controversial whistle-blowing site with a series of distributed denial-of-service attacks.
It mirrors similar attacks aimed at the Wikileaks site.
Targets include the Swiss bank that froze founder Julian Assange's (pic) assets and PayPal which has stopped processing donations to Wikileaks.
Anonymous is a loose-knit group of hacktivists, with links to the notorious message board 4chan.
"We feel that Wikileaks has become more than just about leaking of documents, it has become a war ground, the people vs. the government,"
BBC News :: 7 Dec2010 - read full post
