Reports have surfaced that Wikileaks chief Julian Assange was denied bail by a UK court. The group is in disarray now that Assange has been denied bail, even as hacktivists try to take down the Web sites of individuals and corporations that have been pulled into the scandal. As of Wednesday, the Website of Mastercard was not reachable, though those of Paypal, Visa USA and Visa Europe were still online. Paypal executive seemed to suggest that it was pressured by the U.S. Department of State into doing so.
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