Palin Target of Wikileaks Supporters
Politico reports:
Sarah Palin on Wednesday said her PAC's website and her personal credit card information were the targets of cyber sabotauge by hackers who support the Wikileaks project. The hacking was first reported by strong>ABC News<.
Hackers operating under the banner "Operation Payback" claimed via Twitter on Wednesday that their efforts were responsible for temporarily disabling the websites of credit card giants strong>Visa and MasterCard .< The two companies were targeted after they took steps this week to block customers from using their networks to transfer funds to Wikileaks.
Palin presumably drew Wikileaks supporters' ire after she strongly criticized the group for releasing hundreds of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, a leak the Obama administration characterized as doing major damage to the country's national security. Last week, Palin took to strong>Twitter< to blast Obama for not doing more to stop the leaks and to demand that Congress act to "defeat WikiLeaks."
A Palin aide did not immediately respond to a request for comment. However, SarahPAC aide Rebecca Mansour posted a Twitter strong>message today <after the ABC report was published, saying: "Supposed WikiLeaks 'champions of free speech' attack Palin simple because she exercised hers. They're total frauds."
