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The Swedish commissioner says the attacks on WikiLeaks are 'scary' (Photo: Tambako the Jaguar)

Commissioner concerned about cyber-attacks on WikiLeaks

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

The latest cyber-attacks on WikiLeaks make the case for the EU to criminalise the software tools enabling such crimes and for setting up a 24-hour alert system where citizens and companies can flag up attacks, EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom has said.

Commenting in a press conference on Thursday (2 December) about a post she wrote on her personal blog, Ms Malmstrom explained that she gave the WikiLeaks example as an argument for the cyber-crime legislation which is being ...

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The Swedish commissioner says the attacks on WikiLeaks are 'scary' (Photo: Tambako the Jaguar)

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