Is Bank of America Buying Abusive Domain Names Ahead of Possible WikiLeaks Assault? It's emerged that Bank of America is buying-up domain names that could be used to abuse its senior execs if (or possibly, when) WikiLeaks comes good with its promise to leak controversial internal data on the bank's activities.
According to some reports, Bank of America has created a "war room" to develop strategies to defeat any allegations or political or media back-wash that will probably develop if WikiLeaks publishes thousands of internal documents. Julian Assange has promised that WikiLeaks has enough embarrassing data on a "major" U.S. bank (which people generally think means the Bank of America) that it would force the resignation of its senior management.
One part of the bank's defenses seems to be a pre-emptive buying-up of domain names that could be used to attack this same management. Tweeji — Follow dead people on Twitter. LeWeb'10. A Day in the Life of Social Media.