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Wikileaks sparks diplomatic crisis after 250,000 docs leak

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/Wikileaks_3-200-200.jpg"> Wikileaks is firmly in the bad books of the US government again, after it released 250,000 US documents into the wild. The leak focused on US Embassy cables (some of which were rubber-stamped secret) and has revealed a number of sensitive talks between high-ranking world diplomats. Some of the most embarrassing information includes conversations between Arab leaders and the US government about whether to bomb Iran. Problems over the instability in Pakistan is also within the documents, as is the growing nuclear relationship between China and Sarah Palin's favourite, North Korea. Leak scandal The UK has also been embroiled in the leak scandal, with news that Prince Andrew has made inappropriate remarks about segments of Britain's police force. There's also information that wouldn't look out of place in a James Bond novel: it seems that the Russian Intelligence Authority has been using the Russian Mafia to do some dirty work for them. The documents released are so far reaching that they even mention the reasons Google quit China in January was because of a member of the Politiburo Communist party, who was angry that he was criticised in a number of articles. This leaking of highly sensitive information is the latest in a long line of 'scoops' for Wikileaks. Not even a DDoS attack on the site could stop the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/wikileaks-hacked-prior-to-latest-diplomatic-leaks-911423">documents being released</A>. Considering there are 250,000 documents to sift through, expect a lot more to come out in the coming weeks – enough to put diplomats everywhere into crisis mode.

Wikileaks sparks diplomatic crisis after 250,000 docs leak

Wikileaks is firmly in the bad books of the US government again, after it released 250,000 US documents into the wild. The leak focused on ...

Wikileaks hacked prior to latest diplomatic leaks

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/Wikileaks_3-200-200.jpg"> Wikileaks reported over the weekend that it has come under attack from a hacking operation, prior to its latest release of hundreds of thousands of secret US diplomatic messages. Wikileaks has issued the latest diplomatic leaks to a number of leading newspapers worldwide, with the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cable-leak-diplomacy-crisis">UK's Guardian publishing the documents</A> throughout this week. Mass DoS attacks Wikileaks said via Twitter over the weekend: "We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack." The US state department claims that the latest batch of leaks of hundreds of thousands of secret, confidential messages sent by US embassies will put lives at risk. Other newspapers set to publish details of the leaked embassy messages include the New York Times, Spain's El Pais, France's Le Monde and Germany's Spiegel. "The material that we are about to release covers essentially every major issue in every country in the world," said Wikileak's founder Julian Assange. UK PM embarrassment The latest release of info from Wikileaks follows earlier major leaks of 90,000 secret US records of US military incidents relating to the war in Afghanistan and 400,000 documents relating to the war in Iraq. The latest batch of documents are something of a diplomatic nightmare. Sent to the whistle-blowing site via USB stick, they contain information on numerous countries calling for Iran to be bombed by the US, America's annoyance of aviation tax and Mervyn King's apparent lack of respect for the coalition government and Prime Minister Cameron. It is suspected that the leaks came from US Army private Bradley Manning, an intelligence analyst arrested in Iraq in June. The US state department's legal adviser Harold Koh said the release of the information was against the law and would put lives at risk and that the US government would "not engage in a negotiation regarding the further release or dissemination of illegally obtained US government classified materials," in a letter to Mr Assange.

Wikileaks hacked prior to latest diplomatic leaks

Wikileaks reported over the weekend that it has come under attack from a hacking operation, prior to its latest release of hundreds of thous...