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A policeman has accidentally revealed a secret plan to seize Julian Assange “under all circumstances” if he steps outside the Ecuadorian embassy, in an embarrassment for Scotland Yard.    The uniformed Met officer was pictured holding a clipboard detailing possible ways the WikiLeaks founder could try to escape from the building he has been holed up in for the past two months. His target, who is trying to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged rape and sexual assault, is currently safe on diplomatic territory. He has been given political asylum by the Latin American country, on the grounds that he faces persecution in the USA over his whistle-blowing website, but faces arrest the second he steps outside because he has breached his bail conditions. The policeman’s handwritten tactical brief, captured by a Press Association photographer as he stood outside the Knightsbridge embassy on Friday afternoon, discloses t...

Operation Unmask by International police agency (Interpol) continues. Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested six suspected members of Anonymous. Interpol confirmed the six arrests on 27 March were made as a part of the ongoing Operation Unmask. "Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested six suspects as part of an international operation supported by Interpol against suspected hackers believed to be linked to the so-called ‘Anonymous' group," said Interpol. "The arrests are the latest phase of Operation Unmask, an international initiative supported by Interpol against suspected hackers." Launched in mid-February, Operation Unmask is a co-ordinated campaign between national law enforcement officers in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain against cybercrime. The operation has already resulted in 25 arrests and the seizure of over 250 items of IT equipment in 40 premises across 15 cities. Earlier in March, Western law enforcement struck an...

Seven people were arrested because of their alleged membership in the RedHack group. RedHack commented, "The arrested people are not our members." and announced to proceed more radical from now on. Seven people were arrested on the grounds of their alleged membership in RedHack. They were part of a group of 17 persons in total who were taken into police custody during operations against RedHack carried out in eight different provinces in the beginning of this week. RedHack made the headlines in the end of February when they hacked databases of the Ankara Police Directorate and POLNET (Police Net). RedHack claimed to have five members and that none of them was among the people taken into police custody. The hackers group said that the people in custody were young internet users who shared news related to the hackers group on their facebook accounts. RedHack had published parts of the data seized from the Ankara Police Directorate. The prosecuto...