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Hackers Take Down MasterCard

Revenge

After company cuts off WikiLeaks.

Big companies may want to think twice before cutting off WikiLeaks: Hackers took down MasterCard’s website on Wednesday after targeting it with a denial-of-service-attack—revenge for the credit-card company’s decision to stop processing donations to WikiLeaks. The attack won’t affect customers’ ability to use their credit cards.

Read it at Associated Press

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