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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, is set to return to his home country Australia as his long-running legal struggle with the U.S. government comes to a close.  As he walks out as a “free man,” we examine the famed whistleblower’s connections to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and how...

Editor's Note: This article has been updated with additional details. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been freed from the Belmarsh maximum security prison in the UK and he is now on his way to Australia. What Happened: Assange, 52, is set to admit to a single criminal charge of...

A mysterious project, known as “Project Spartacus,” has emerged, presumably with the intent to support Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.  What Happened: The project seeks to commemorate the classified information that the U.S. government has accused Assange of illegally providing to...

The “Don’t Extradite Assange Campaign” is taking its advocacy to the digital realm. The first-ever virtual political rally in the Wistaverse metaverse is happening on Saturday, Aug. 26. This initiative aims to galvanize global support against the potential extradition of WikiLeaks...

A new documentary from one of the biggest names in the film industry will center on the life of Elon Musk. Here’s a look at the details of the film and the person behind it. What Happened: As the CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), Twitter and SpaceX, Musk is one of the most widely watched...

Melinda Gates is well-known as the former wife of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates. The couple announced in 2021 they would divorce after 27 years of marriage. Here is a look at Melinda Gates and how she met Bill through Microsoft and was the driving push of helping people...

A group of crypto investors that describe themselves as “a collective of cypherpunks fighting for the liberation of Julian Assange” has raised over $47 million in Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) for the cause. What Happened: The AssangeDAO – a decentralized autonomous organization...

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency allegedly discussed kidnapping or assassinating controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2017, according to a new investigation by Yahoo News. What Happened? On Monday, Yahoo News reported that interviews with more than 30 anonymous former U.S....

A cybersecurity company in China says it believes evidence shows the CIA has hacked government officials, scientists and industry targets in China for several years. The company, Qihoo 360, published a report online alleging a "CIA hacking group" known as APT-C-39 has been targeting...

President Donald Trump offered to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2017 if he denied Russian involvement in the email leaks that hurt rival candidate Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, Assange's lawyers have claimed. What Happened The lawyers were arguing the...

London police on Thursday arrested Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. With cooperation from Ecuador, where Assange had sought political refuge for the last seven years, Met Police took him into custody for failing to surrender to a warrant issued by the...

WikiLeaks got a taste of its own medicine Thursday when a group of hackers known as OurMine briefly took over the notorious site run by Julian Assange. OurMine, based in Saudi Arabia, hacked DNS servers used by WikiLeaks so that anybody clicking on the site was redirected to a page created by...

A luxury hotel in Austria pays ransom — for the fourth time — when hackers keep the keycards of guests out of their ritzy rooms. The San Francisco transit system resists the urge to buy its way out of a hack that kidnaps its light-rail system, leaving strap-hangers unhinged. A premier...

The latest and follow-on revelations made by WikiLeaks on the CIA cyberhacking scandal Thursday highlighted the techniques used by the CIA to gain persistence on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Mac devices and demonstrates the use of EFI/UEFI and firmware malware. The Background For the uninitiated...

After President Donald Trump assumed the Oval Office, several controversies have surfaced over immigration into the United States. The infamous travel ban imposed by the president on nationals of seven — and then six in the second rendition of the ban — predominantly Muslim countries...