4Chan Takes Down Mastercard Site In Support Of WikiLeaks
Alexia Tsotsis



In retaliation for refusing to let Mastercard customers donate to Wikileaks, 4Chan has successfully taken down the website of Mastercard.com with orchestrated DDOS attacks.

The 4Chan and Anonymous-backed Operation Payback has also lead efforts against the RIAA and you can find a direct link to more details on how 4Chan is organizing their WikiLeaks and Julian Assange support efforts here.

Attacks have also hit Paypal and Swiss bank PostFinance and other sites which have refused service to Assange. EveryDNS.net as well as Amazon are also possible targets.

Assange himself was arrested in London yesterday under allegations of sexual mis-conduct. It remains to be seen how the WikiLeaks saga will play out, but it is very obvious that the entire Internet will be the battleground.

techcrunch.com