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Multiple sources reporting:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37680411
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/17/wikileaks-says-assanges-internet-link-was-severed-by-state-party.html
http://time.com/4532984/wikileaks-julian-assange-theories/
Wikileaks has announced that Julian Assange's internet access had been intentionally severed by a state actor. I would assume this means they disrupted a VPN connection he had rather than just cutting all internet access to the Ecuadorian Embassy, but again details are limited.
The announcement of disruption was also preceded by multiple strange tweets of random numbers (likely crypto keys) that appear to be part of a dead man system activated by the disruption.
takyon: The full tweet states "Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans." Wikileaks recently released Part 9 of the Podesta Emails. Also at CNET and Ars Technica.
Update: Wikileaks says: "We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs speechs."
Perhaps the embassy's perennial guest has finally overstayed his welcome?
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Monday October 17 2016, @07:52PM
He can't possibly be doing his own shopping
That was my point.
The same people who shop for his food can shop for his phones.
And the same people who have cut off his internet are the same people who are hosting him, and therefore they are the same people who have the power to decide what he is and isn't allowed to have brought to him.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 17 2016, @07:59PM
You're implying the Ecuadorian government cut off his internet but do you have any proof?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Francis on Monday October 17 2016, @08:52PM
That's the last link in the summary. Wikileaks is confirming that the embassy cut his access, not anybody else.
I'm not sure why they did that as they knew what he was doing previously.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 17 2016, @09:00PM
Summary, who reads the summary, or the headline?
(Score: 2) by jdavidb on Monday October 17 2016, @09:12PM
You're implying the Ecuadorian government cut off his internet but do you have any proof?
Proof by process of elimination? /shrug
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