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12/9/10

Sweden: WikiLeaks cyberwar: hackers bring down Swedish government site

Anonymous hackers who claim they are defending WikiLeaks brought down the Swedish government's website amid warnings they will attack again. The official site, regeringen.se, was offline for several hours overnight and only a message saying the site could not be reached was visible.

Commercial websites including Visa, MasterCard and PayPal have already been targeted by co-ordinated action on one of the busiest shopping days of the year after the firms said that they would no longer process donations to WikiLeaks.

A group calling itself Anonymous and operating under the banner "Operation Payback" was said to be behind some of the attacks and there were concerns that Twitter could become a target because it removed Anonymous' listing.

For more: WikiLeaks cyberwar: hackers bring down Swedish government site - Telegraph

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