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• Don't blame Anonymous for Facebook porn storm, says researcher

  The recent spam attack that planted pornographic images on Facebook was not the work of Anonymous, a security researcher said today.

• WikiLeaks' Assange appeals to take case to UK Supreme Court

  WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange filed an appeal on Tuesday to take his case to the U.K.'s Supreme Court in a bid to block his extradition to Sweden on possible charges of sexual assault and rape.

• US Judge upholds investigators' access to Twitter data

  A District Judge in the U.S. upheld Thursday an earlier order that Twitter must provide certain types of information of account holders to government investigators working on the WikiLeaks case, and declined to unseal records that could provide information on whether the prosecutors had tried to get similar information from other Internet companies.

• Wikileaks' Assange can be extradited to Sweden, say appeals court judges

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost an appeal in the U.K.'s High Court on Wednesday that sought to block his extradition to Sweden on potential charges of rape and molestation.

• WikiLeaks cable: Apple slow to counter Chinese fakes

  Apple did not have a global security team, including in China, until March, 2008, when it hired employees from drug company Pfizer, to counter rampant counterfeiting of its products in China, according to a <a href="http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/09/08BEIJING3732.html">cable leaked</a> by activist group, WikiLeaks.

• Federal Attorney-General slams WikiLeaks again

  Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has again labelled the release of thousands of US embassy cables by WikiLeaks as a threat to national security.
  

• WikiLeaks Assange awaits court ruling on extradition

  Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finished their arguments on Wednesday in London's High Court as to why the WikiLeaks founder should not be extradited to Sweden to face questioning on potential charges of molestation and rape.

• Assange attorneys argue Swedish arrest warrant is invalid

  Lawyers for Julian Assange argued on Tuesday that a district judge erred when approving an invalid extradition order that would send the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden to face questioning over molestation and rape allegations.

• WikiLeaks chief to fight extradition in UK appeals court

  WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange will head to London's High Court on Tuesday to try to reverse an extradition order that would send him to Sweden for questioning about sexual assault allegations.

• Visa blocks WikiLeaks donations via DataCell once again

  For a few hours on Thursday, credit card donations once again flowed to WikiLeaks through a payment gateway at Icelandic hosting company DataCell. Then Visa shut it down again.

• MasterCard, Visa face EU complaint over WikiLeaks donations

  WikiLeaks' card payment processor is preparing legal action against Visa Europe, MasterCard Europe and other payment intermediaries after its contract to process payments was abruptly terminated following WikiLeaks' release of secret U.S. diplomatic cables last November.

• WikiLeaks: LulzSec DOS teaches CIA a lesson

  WikiLeaks has applauded Lulz Security’s (LulzSec) denial of service (DOS) attack on CIA's CIA.gov website, with the Twitter account of the group tweeting that the CIA will now understand the meaning of “WTF” -- a reference to the CIA's WikiLeaks Task Force, which has been investigating the group's release of classified US government documents.

• WikiLeaks a boon for US government: Former Obama campaign adviser

  WikiLeaks' leaking of classified information should be considered a blessing for the US government, and other governments should take heed of the lessons when it comes to information sharing, according to a former member of Barack Obama presidential campaign.

• Working with Julian Assange - AusCERT 2011

  ABC journalist Andrew Fowler has discussed his interactions with WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange at the AusCERT conference on the Gold Coast.

• Wikileaks' Assange receives Sydney Peace Foundation gold medal

  The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been awarded the Sydney Peace Foundation's gold medal for his "exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights".