‘Under attack’: Pressure mounts on WikiLeaks, founder Julian Assange
World News • December 2010 • Views: 468
The U.S. government, apparently aided by freelance computer hackers, chased WikiLeaks from an American commercial computer network and temporarily stopped the leak of embarrassing diplomatic documents. But within hours, the website was back online, publishing from a fortified bunker in Sweden.
The virtual chase Wednesday was mirrored by a real-life pursuit as European authorities hunted for the site’s fugitive founder, Julian Assange, who is wanted in Sweden on rape charges.