Wikileaks and Anonymous go head-to-head in ‘paywall’ battle

Anonymous is typically a big fan of Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, but earlier today, several of its members sent out tweets calling for people to stop donating to the site until further notice.
A Twitter tit-for-tat ensued and finally ended in what looks like a success for Anonymous.
What got the online hacker group all riled up was an overlay donation page that was first seen when accessing Wikileaks’ Global Intelligence Files, according to The Next Web. These files contain more than five million emails from the international intelligence company Stratfor.
Anonymous publicly…

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