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Title    Julian Assange's Internet Access "Cut" by Ecuador
Date    Monday October 17 2016, @07:36PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the where's-the-nearest-Starbucks? dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/10/17/1526252

captain_nifty writes:

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?


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  1. "captain_nifty" - https://soylentnews.org/~captain_nifty/
  2. "full tweet" - https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787889195507417088
  3. "recently released" - https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787625546461175808
  4. "CNET" - https://www.cnet.com/news/wikileaks-julian-assanges-internet-access-has-been-severed/
  5. "Ars Technica" - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/assanges-internet-intentionally-severed-by-state-party/
  6. "Wikileaks says:" - https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/788099178832420865
  7. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=16452
  8. "Alternate Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=16457

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