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Hackers strike at MasterCard to support WikiLeaks

LONDON (AP) — Hackers rushed to the defense of WikiLeaks on Wednesday, launching attacks on MasterCard, Visa, Swedish prosecutors, a Swiss bank and others who have acted against the site and its jailed founder Julian Assange. Internet “hacktivists” operating under the label “Operation Payback” claimed responsibility in a Twitter message for causing severe technological problems […]

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Police called to Sweden standoff

SWEDEN — Police were called to a home in Sweden late Wednesday night after a man threatening suicide also threatened police if they came onto his property.  Oxford County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tim Holland said the man, whom he declined to identify because of an ongoing investigation, called Togus veterans hospital in Augusta because he was […]

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