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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 ...

Twitter Joke Trial sparks 'I Am Spartacus' uprising

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/twitter-fail-whale-200-200.jpg"> The Twitter community has responded to Paul Chambers' guilty verdict at the Twitter Joke Trial by tweeting his original 'terrorist' message, with the hashtag #IAmSpartacus. This week the retrial of Paul Chambers, who was accused of sending a menacing electronic communication on Twitter, culminated in the trainee accountant <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/twitter-joke-trial-appeal-comes-back-with-guilty-verdict-907516">being found guilty</A> and fined £1,000. This sparked outrage on Twitter and even prompted <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/stephenfry/status/2759551652728833">Stephen Fry</A> to say he would pay the fine. Siege mentality Now thousands of people are tweeting exactly the same message on Twitter that got Chambers a criminal record, which is technically putting them all at risk of being charged with the same 'sending a menacing electronic communication' offence. In fact, the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23iamspartacus">#IAmSpartacus</A> - which was started by Twitter follower <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/christt">@Christt</A> - is now the biggest trending topic of the day, ironically just in front of <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23twitterjoketrial">#TwitterJokeTrial</A>. It will be interesting to see how the Crown Prosecution Service responds to the latest uprising on the micro-blog. Surely they can't all be put in the docks?

Twitter Joke Trial sparks 'I Am Spartacus' uprising

The Twitter community has responded to Paul Chambers' guilty verdict at the Twitter Joke Trial by tweeting his original 'terrorist...