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WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange Arrested, Charged With Computer Hacking Conspiracy

Hours after the arrest the U.S. Justice Department said Mr. Assange had been indicted in U.S. federal court on charges of a computer hacking conspiracy.

WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange Arrested, Charged With Computer Hacking Conspiracy 1

British police have arrested WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London on a U.S. extradition request, a dramatic escalation in Washington’s long-running efforts to prosecute a man it accuses of running a foreign “hostile intelligence service.”

Hours after the arrest the U.S. Justice Department said Mr. Assange had been indicted in U.S. federal court on charges of a computer hacking conspiracy.

Mr. Assange was charged with one count of conspiracy to hack a computer related to his role in the 2010 release of reams of secret American documents.

 

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