Latest Wikileaks Stories
Hackers infiltrated a personal Yahoo account belonging to US Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in a targeted attack characterized by running mate John McCain as "a shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of the law."The hackers' activity comes in light of an ongoing investigation into whether the Alaskan governor used her personal e-mail account to conduct state business. According to law, all e-mails relating to the official business of...
By Malone, Alanna Media lawyers hope the initial injunction to disable an entire Web site serves as an example of what not to do with online speech. News organizations and free speech advocacy groups breathed a sigh of relief in late February when a federal judge backed away from an earlier attempt to unplug a whistle-blower Web site. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White's initial Feb. 15 order to shut down Wikileaks, a Web site that posts leaked materials online, sent a shock wave through...
Switzerland's Bank Julius Baer dropped its lawsuit against the Web site Wikileaks.org Wednesday, just days after U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White reversed his order to shut down the rebel Web site for posting classified bank documents.The bank didn't provide a reason for their decision, and said they reserved the right to re-file at a later date.  A report by Associated Press said the bank's attorney William Briggs did not return a phone call seeking comment. Judge White had ordered...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge who shuttered the renegade Web site Wikileaks.org reversed the decision Friday and allowed the site to re-open in the United States. In mid-February, U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White issued an injunction against Wikileaks after the Zurich-based Bank Julius Baer accused the site of posting sensitive account information stolen by a disgruntled former employee.White set off storms of protest among free-speech advocates and news media organizations when he...
A Swiss bank seeking legal action to shut down the Web site Wikileaks for posting classified documents is experiencing a backlash of unintended consequences.   Last month, documents from bank Julius Baer containing information about several of its wealthy clients were posted to the Wikileaks.org Web site. One of the clients was San Diego venture capitalist Jonathan Lampitt. Mr. Lampitt's lawyer, Jim Ellis, said he received a call from a Julius Baer executive warning him of the...
A California court has ruled that a popular whistle-blower Web site that allowed users to anonymously post official government and corporate documents online must now be taken down.The Web site, Wikileaks.org, was disconnected Friday night following the ruling in a case brought by lawyers working for the Swiss banking group Julius Baer. The dispute concerned several documents posted on the Wikileaks that allegedly revealed that the bank was involved with money laundering and tax evasion....
