Wikileaks: Julian Assange's internet access 'cut'

[womanofthehills]

Wikileaks says an unidentified "state actor" has shut down internet access for its founder Julian Assange.

The transparency activist has been claiming asylum at London's Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 to avoid extradition over sex assault allegations.

There was no way to immediately verify if he had been knocked offline, and if so, how a state actor was suspected.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37680411

[NCTraveler]

1. Maybe Ecuador didn't want to take part in espionage. nt.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Is this part of our cyber counter-offensive?

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Interesting thought. I'd guess Ecuador is tired of his shit though.

[LeftRant]

35. I wonder if they got some pressure from us.

The second he announced he was against Hillary, he gave up his objectivity. This announced agenda only hurts his cause to expose/tarnish governments. It makes him less believable going forward.

[underpants]

3. Hello...

[TheDebbieDee]

4. Could this be the work of Anonymous?

[Blue Idaho]

5. What a shame.

The Russian sock puppet loses his soap box.

[AgadorSparticus]

36. Exactly. Nt

[Snake Plissken]

6. How exactly does an imaginary 'state party' sever a satellite internet connection?

Did they use tinfoil penetrating mindwaves?

[Loki Liesmith]

7. Ecuador shut off his access.

Took his phone and turned off his wifi access.

Notice that the Ecuadorian embassy is not screaming about losing THEIR access, which is what would have to happen if we were doing it.

I think they finally realized

a) President HRC is gonna happen
b) They want to be friends with President HRC

[Snake Plissken]

9. Or nobody turned off his internet access, he's just stalling to string the rubes along

to extend his 15 minutes for another three weeks

[Loki Liesmith]

13. Well there is that likelihood yes

Liars often lie

[scscholar]

32. Glad to see Ecuador finally caved to pressure (ntxt)

[flamingdem]

8. Or is it Laura Poitras way of drumming up free publicity

for her Assange move?

[womanofthehills]

10. Time.com says he is being interviewed today by Swedish prosecutors (also fun Pam Anderson rumors)

Assange was granted asylum by Ecuador in August 2012 following allegations that he raped and molested two women while he was attending a conference in Sweden, which he has denied. The 45-year-old has so far avoided possible extradition to the Scandinavian country, but Swedish prosecutors were reported to be interviewing him at the embassy today. It is unclear whether or not this will still go ahead following Wikileaks’ latest claims.

4. Pamela Anderson killed Assange with a vegan lunch

It’s bizarre, but true: on Saturday, the former Baywatch star surprised many by paying Assange a visit at the Ecuadorian embassy, bringing with her some bags from the popular U.K. sandwich chain Pret A Manger.

The Canadian-American actress, 49, came bearing gifts for Assange, saying she supported him and had concerns for his family and well-being. She told the U.K.’s Press Association that her gifts included “a nice vegan lunch and some vegan snacks.” Assange was apparently unimpressed with the meal choice. “He said I tortured him with bringing him vegan food,” she added.

Anderson’s visit has sparked possibly the most ridiculous of all the theories – that she killed him with her food. “GET ASSANGE OUT OF THERE AND INTO HIDING. How do we know that Pamela Anderson isn’t working 4 someone to set up him up?” wrote one Twitter user.

http://time.com/4532984/wikileaks-julian-assange-theories/

[orwell]

12. It is a simple matter...

...to block any mac address at the router and keep any device from accessing the internet.

A low level IT person could do it. Maybe Ecuador is tired of being used in international election rigging.

[Stand and Fight]

14. Good. I hope he has more coming to him.

[Cerridwen]

15. Can anyone else access their webpages?

Can anyone else access their webpages?

I can get to this page: ecuador.embassyhomepage.com

Any of the links I try to follow from that page give me an "unavailable" error, specifically "The web page which you had requested is not available at present. Please use the search tool below to find the answer you want."

I've tried to access consular, passport, and visa pages from the page in the above link.

Note: this is a duplicate of my post in the LBN thread on the same subject.

Perhaps I have a script blocked or something that's interfering with my attempts to connect?

[Denzil_DC]

25. Every one I tried worked without delay at time of posting n/t

[Cerridwen]

26. Thank you. I must have a script blocking them. n/t

[Denzil_DC]

27. Could be, I guess,

but if you mouse-hover over the links, they just identify as HTML links.

If they still don't work for you, I've no idea what's up. If they work for you now but didn't earlier, it could have been bandwidth issues if a lot of folks were checking them out at the same time (or it could have just been routine maintenance or some other sort of downtime).

[Cerridwen]

28. Meh. Or I had an old link, or...so many things it could be.

I don't usually trouble shoot over one web site.

Thanks very much, though, for checking it out and replying.

[MFM008]

16. Someone finally sick of his crap.

RUSSIA!👻👻👻👻👻

[Hekate]

17. The "state actor" may well be Ecuador itself, tired of being part of the shenanigans ....

... and considering their own future.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

18. Guess he can't download anymore rape porn then

[Snake Plissken]

19. Let get one thing straight right now Assange is a scripted reality drama, nobody cut his internet

Don't fall for his nonsense, he's performing strictly for Trump's rubes, who he's stringing along to extend his 15 minutes

[BobbyDrake]

20. So whose movie did worse, Snowden's or ASS-ange's?

Only $9 million for ASS-ange's The Fifth Estate, while Snowden's Oliver Stone fellation took in $25 million.

Fun fact: neither movie recouped their budget.

[anamandujano]

21. If true, his world just got a little bit smaller.

Alternately, the tRump campaign is embarrassed that the Ass-man has failed to deliver anything to up-end the election and are pretending to have lost access.

[brooklynite]

22. Update: ECUADOR cut Assange off...

WikiLeaks ‏@wikileaks 8m
We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs speechs.

And if Wikileaks says so, it must be true...

[geek tragedy]

23. LOL, they figure their houseguest is going to complicate relations with the USA.

For all the USA-skepticism Ecuador shows on the international stage, their currency is still the US $.

[msanthrope]

34. Look downthread....it might be the pedo investigation. nt

[Adrahil]

31. That does not surprise me.

Harboring a foreign national attempting to interfere in U.S. elections cannot be good for US-Ecuador relations. Maybe his eviction papers come next.

[randome]

24. Sounds like there's much more to this, according to this link about dating site ToddandClare.com.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028236570#post11
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[oasis]

29. Shut him down now, bring him to justice soon.

[Nevernose]

30. I wonder if he's tried unplugging the router...

Can you imagine him on the phone with tech support?

[msanthrope]

33. Looks like Ecuador shut him down over the pending pedo investigation. nt

[geek tragedy]

37. oh? there's one of those? nt

[Historic NY]

38. Nothing in life is free....Julian

[Rex]

39. Well the CIA did say they were going to cyber attack Russia, looks like they got em where it hurts.