Cable game. Silencing Wikileaks is silencing the press. (image: Reuters) Operation Payback is a bitch. "Anonymous" is retaliating against Mastercard for denying payment processing services to WikiLeaks, and Mastercard.com is currently down as a result. The apparent US government efforts to cut Wikileaks' lifeblood—cashflow and web services—kicked into high gear this week. On Monday, Swiss bank PostFinance closed the defense fund account for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Amazon.com, which provided some hosting services to Wikileaks, and DNS service provider EveryDNS.net, have also cut off service to the secret-leaking website. "Operation: Payback" began months ago as a series of attacks targeting anti-piracy entities like the RIAA and MPAA. "Their servers have been shut down and they will remain so for as long as there is no true freedom of information and data," read an Anonymous open letter related to Operation Payback.
And that should concern every American. Wikileaks may be flawed. WikiLeaks. A few questions about the WikiLeaks release - Dan Gillmor. WikiLeaks (wikileaks) This Is Where the WikiLeaks Servers Are Now.