Wikileaks opens Public Library of US Diplomacy (PLUSD), searchable repository of 1970s US diplomatic and intel documents
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
WikiLeaks Releases 1.7 Million U.S. Diplomatic Records in the ‘Kissinger Cables’
from Mashable! by Stan Schroeder
WikiLeaks publishes 1.7m+ United States records as it launches new ?PlusD? searchable repository
from The Next Web by Nick Summers
French spies demand removal of a Wikipedia entry, threaten random Wikipedia admin in France when they don’t get their way
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
Mozilla announces agnostic, safe payment system for the Web
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
The Mozilla Foundation has previewed a new, experimental system for in-app payments that is intended to solve several major problems with existing payment systems available to developers, including the fact that other payment systems are strongly partisan, tilted to one or just a few payment processors. It’s a good and useful thing, and an example of the sort of good that a well-funded nonprofit can do for the health of the Web:
Anonymous hits Israel over Gaza strikes
Salon
During Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense against Palestinians in Gaza last November,Anonymous hackers launched a mass attack on Israeli government websites. In response to the eight day assault that killed 133 Palestinians, Anonymous’ #OpIsrael
Anonymous ops ‘a new front in protest’
RT
Anonymous hacktivist group on Sunday launched a massive cyber-attack dubbed #OpIsrael, and claimed to have taken down hundreds of Israeli websites. The sites that reportedly crashed included the web pages of the Israeli Defense Ministry and Knesset,
Anonymous’ launches assault on Israeli government websites
Raw Story
Hackers have launched an assault on Israeli websites, but the damage has been minimal as the Jewish state is prepared to fend off such attacks, one of the country’s top cyber experts said on Sunday. The hackers associated with the activist group
Anonymous’ vows to wipe Israel off cyberspace
Press TV
?This is why on April 7, elite cyber-squadrons from around the world have decided to unite in solidarity with the Palestinian people against Israel as one entity to disrupt and erase Israel from cyberspace,? the Anonymous statement added, listing 1,300
Anonymous: hackers spreading lies and hate
Jerusalem Post (blog)
As widely reported in the news, hackers from the ?Anonymous? group have threatened massive cyber-attacks against Israel on Holocaust Memorial Day. According to the Jerusalem Post, Anonymous boasted that it will ?erase Israel from the Internet? by
Hacker group ‘Anonymous’ takes down hundreds of Israeli websites
International Middle East Media Center
Late Saturday night, hackers affiliated with the worldwide network known as ‘Anonymous’ attacked hundreds of Israeli websites as part of a campaign targeting Israel for their occupation of Palestinian land and attacks against Palestinian civilians.
Anonymous targets Israel in another cyberattack
CNET
Anonymous claims that a cyberattack launched against Israeli government Web sites this weekend has caused billions of dollars of damage, although Israeli officials say there have been no major disruptions. The group claimed it hacked more than a dozen
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