Neowin News Feed for: Wikileaks

Court rules Julian Assange can be extradited to the US to face charges

Moshe Jacobs — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:38:01 +0000

Overturning an earlier ruling, London's High Court of Justice has ruled that founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange can be extradited to the US where he will face espionage and hacking charges. Read more...

UK MPs ask Biden to drop Assange charges during G7 trip

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 20:00:01 +0000

Members of Parliament in the UK have written to President Biden during his trip to the country asking him to drop the computer intrusion charges levelled against Julian Assange for his Wikileaks work. Read more...

WikiLeaks: CIA leveraged 'innocent' domains to control malware on devices

Gurkaran Singh — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:26:01 +0000

According to WikiLeaks' latest report, the CIA used seemingly harmless domains as a facade to hide its 'Hive' communications platform that enabled the covert exfiltration of data from target machines. Read more...

WikiLeaks reveals information about CIA's Angelfire hacking toolset

Paul Hill — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 03:02:01 +0000

WikiLeaks has revealed another tool used by the CIA as part of its Vault7 project. The new release details Angelfire, a set of tools which allow the CIA to undetectably infect Windows machines. Read more...

Wikileaks releases a user guide for CIA's CouchPotato project

Gurkaran Singh — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:14:01 +0000

CouchPotato is a remote tool for collection against RTSP/H.264 video streams. It allows the agency to collect the stream as a video file(AVI) or as still frames in the form of JPG. Read more...

WikiLeaks posts three more exploits, supposedly from the CIA, targeting Mac OS and Linux

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 08:40:02 +0000

WikiLeaks has been busy since the start of the year continuing to publish information on digital exploits and malware supposedly used by the US government to target and spy on our phones and laptops. Read more...

WikiLeaks reveals CIA targeting Linux users with OutlawCountry malware

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 07:54:01 +0000

Wikileaks has exposed a targeted attack against systems running Linux with traffic re-routing malware known as 'OutlawCountry', after a massive data dump by the controversial online leaker. Read more...

CIA-created spyware called Athena released by WikiLeaks, targets all major Windows versions

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 21 May 2017 03:12:02 +0000

WikiLeaks this week published details regarding the CIA-created 'Athena' spyware. It targets all major versions of Windows and allows attackers to take total control of the system and steal data. Read more...

A manhunt is underway for the Vault7 leaker

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:30:01 +0000

The FBI and CIA are conducting a joint investigation to determine the source of the Vault7 leaks. Previously, Wikileaks said they got the information from a former U.S. intelligence contractor. Read more...

New Vault7 leaks detail "Marble," used by CIA to evade detection by forensic investigators

Mina Esapa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:28:01 +0000

Wikileaks has released more Vault7 data, which indicates that the CIA used a framework called "Marble" to mask the source of their malware in order to evade detection by forensic investigators. Read more...

New Vault 7 leaks show CIA can install persistent malware on OS X and iOS devices

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:32:02 +0000

Wikileaks has released the next instalment of documents from its Vault 7 leaks. The instalment dubbed "Dark Matter" details how the CIA have compromised Apple products including Macs and iPhones. Read more...

WikiLeaks will give 90 days for Apple, Microsoft, Google, and others to fix CIA exploits

Gabriel Nunes — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:10:01 +0000

After releasing the first part of the “Vault7" series of leaks, WikiLeaks got in touch with tech companies to negotiate the disclosure of vulnerability codes. They will have 90 days to patch those. Read more...

Google: We've also taken care of 'many' of the CIA exploits detailed by WikiLeaks

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:12:01 +0000

After initial silence on the issue, Google has now put out a statement regarding the alleged CIA exploits exposed by WikiLeaks. Google says many of the issues in Chrome and Android have been fixed. Read more...

Apple: Many of the CIA exploits for iOS have already been patched; we're looking at the rest

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:30:01 +0000

Yesterday's data dump from WikiLeaks that brought many CIA documents to light highlighted the agency's ability to hack into many of our personal devices. Apple has now publicly addressed that. Read more...

WikiLeaks exposes CIA hacking tools with Vault7 leak

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:30:02 +0000

WikiLeaks has unleashed the first part of the Vault7 series which details the CIA's cyberweapon capabilities. Most devices are vulnerable and the CIA has way to read Signal messages too. Read more...

Wikileaks gets blocked in Turkey following AKP email leak

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:08:01 +0000

Wikileaks has been blocked in Turkey following the publication of thousands of emails belonging to Turkey's ruling AKP party. The emails were published less than a week after a coup attempt in Turkey. Read more...

Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning allowed to read EFF news after initial ban

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 11:36:01 +0000

Chelsea Manning has been allowed to receive Internet articles which the US Army had previously banned her from receiving. The EFF is still concerned about restrictions on internet content inmates get. Read more...

WikiLeaks names Afghanistan as being targeted by NSA MYSTIC phone-tapping

James Walker — Sat, 24 May 2014 06:00:00 +0000

Whistle-blower Julian Assange of WikiLeaks has revealed Afghanistan to be the second nation to have all of its phone calls made from mobiles monitored, stored and archived by the NSA's MYSTIC program. Read more...

Desperate users find solutions to bypass Turkey's Twitter ban

Phi Ha — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:38:11 +0000

Thousands of Twitter users in Turkey are accessing VPN and Tor to bypass the government's ban of the social networking site. A forum has appeared on WikiLeaks, encouraging users to "use it anyway". Read more...

Russia considers going back to typewriters

Paul Ferson — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 01:21:55 +0000

Due to government leaks and other recent events, there has been serious discussion in Russia's government about going back to typewriters. Such a change could cut down on future potential leaks. Read more...

WikiLeaks says Aaron Swartz may have been a 'source'

Stephen Robinson — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:18:28 +0000

WikiLeaks tweeted yesterday that recently deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz assisted them, was in contact with Julian Assange and may have been a source for the organisation. Read more...

Anonymous breaks up with WikiLeaks over paywall

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:42:01 +0000

Former BFFs Anonymous and WikiLeaks are breaking up over an election themed paywall, and Anonymous says they'll no longer support WikiLeaks or Julian Assange because of their 'filthy and rotten' ways. Read more...

Anonymous attacks websites in a bid to help Assange

Paul Ferson — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:07:44 +0000

Anonymous have led their latest attack on government websites in an attempt to 'help' Julian Assange, with a particular focus upon ensuring specific targets are disrupted and stay down for some time. Read more...

WikiLeaks back in action after DDoS

Tyler Holman — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:06:51 +0000

WikiLeaks is back up and running again, in the aftermath of the DDoS attacks by the mysterious 'AntiLeaks' group that followed the release of 'TrapWire' survillance documents. Read more...

WikiLeaks hit by sustained DDoS over surveillance leaks

Tyler Holman — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:18:21 +0000

WikiLeaks has been facing a sustained DDoS attack for over 5 days, with a new patriotic hacker group taking credit, but there could be more to the story (it involves surveillance and the government). Read more...

Iceland fears arrest of MP over WikiLeaks

Paul Ferson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:23:48 +0000

Due to their part in leaking video footage of American soldiers killing civilians in Baghdad, a prominent Icelandic MP has been advised to avoid going to the USA by her own government. Read more...

WikiLeaks begins to leak Syrian emails

Paul Ferson — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:09:41 +0000

WikiLeaks has begun to release emails form inside Syria's government ministries, with over two million emails waiting to go live across the world. The emails could shed new light on the uprising. Read more...

Assange loses U.K. extradition appeal

Nathan Tsui — Thu, 31 May 2012 02:08:28 +0000

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has lost his appeal to avoid extradition to Sweden, and now has 14 days to make one final challenge to the ruling made by the U.K. Supreme Court. Read more...

WikiLeaks reveals Apple's struggle against Chinese counterfeits

Mike Brown — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:26:46 +0000

New documents released by Wikileaks earlier this week suggest Apple is struggling to counter against the Chinese counterfeit gadget trade. Local authorities are reportedly uncooperative with Apple. Read more...

16 people in US arrested following Anonymous raids

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:02:47 +0000

Following today's news on the FBI raiding locations of possible members of the Anonymous hacker group in New York State, 16 people in the US have now been arrested in connection to alleged hack attacks... Read more...

WikiLeaks to sue Visa and MasterCard for blocking donations

Denis Wong — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 00:12:35 +0000

It has been more than half a year since Visa and MasterCard faced DDoS attacks from Anonymous and WikiLeaks supporters for holding back financial donations to the whistleblower organization. In an announcement made earlier today,... Read more...

Assange calls Facebook an ‘appalling spy machine'

Tom Dwyer — Tue, 03 May 2011 23:55:46 +0000

Controversial figure, Julian Assange said in an interview with Russian news site RT yesterday, that Facebook is an ‘appalling spy machine’. When asked what his thoughts of the role of social network sites in regards to... Read more...

Twitter account info to be released to Government in Wikileaks case

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:18:32 +0000

The ongoing Wikileaks story has taken a new turn with the US Government being given permission to obtain the Twitter account information of Icelandic Birgitta Jonsdottir, Dutch Rop Gonggrijp and American Jacob Appelbaum, all three... Read more...

"WikiLeaks: The Movie" in pre-production

Ross Dundas — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:33:31 +0000

It was bound to happen sooner or later, but Julian Assange may be set for a big pay day if plans for a WikiLeaks movie get the green light. Pre-production is said to be already... Read more...

Five arrested over 'Anonymous' DDoS attacks

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:25:54 +0000

Five males have been taken into custody this morning, after their attacks against websites like PayPal, Visa, Mastercard and Amazon. The massive online group called 'Anonymous' was successful in disrupting service to the websites, all... Read more...

Bank of America buying up derogatory domain names in bulk

Kelly Hodgkins — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:31:57 +0000

Bank of America is buying up domain names with derogatory words like "sucks" and "blows" in an effort to protect its executives and board members from potential future attacks according to a report out of... Read more...

Apple Removes WikiLeaks App From App Store

Matthew Jones — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:19:12 +0000

An unofficial iPhone and iPad app that provided access to WikiLeaks site content and follow the site's Twitter account has lasted less than four days in the App Store. TechCrunch reported that the WikiLeaks App by... Read more...

Dutch arrest 19 year old for DDOS attacks

Brandon Boyce — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:37:15 +0000

A few days ago, Neowin reported that Dutch authorities had arrested a 16 year old in connection to the distributed denial of service attacks that took place on behalf of Wikileaks as part of Operation:... Read more...

WikiLeaks rival to launch next week

Matthew Jones — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:27:38 +0000

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could soon find himself under attack from an unlikely source, with reports WikiLeaks ''defectors'' are planning to launch a rival whistleblower site as early as next week. Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reports... Read more...

Anon in chaos as command structure fails [Updated]

Dave Legg — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:52:59 +0000

Following yesterday's attacks on various websites that have been seen by Anon to oppose WikiLeaks, including Visa, Mastercard and PayPal, Neowin has been monitoring the discussions occurring within the group. What has become apparent is... Read more...