In 2019, Julian Assange was evicted and arrested from the Ecuadorian embassy in London, United Kingdom.
The US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) list of accusations against Julian Assange doesn’t seem like ending anytime soon. Reportedly, Assange is charged with a second superseding indictment where he’s accused of recruiting and conspiring with hackers to carry out cybercrimes on his behalf.
In its latest press release, the DoJ revealed that the new indictment doesn’t add additional counts to the previous 18-count superseding indictment filed against the WikiLeaks founder in May 2019 under the Espionage Act.
However, it broadens the “scope of the conspiracy surrounding alleged computer intrusions with which Assange was previously charged,” the DoJ noted.
The new allegations are related to conferences Assange attended at different locations including Malaysia and the Netherlands between 2009 and 2012.
Prosecutors allege that Assange and a WikiLeaks associate contacted LulzSec and Anonymous hackers for locating classified data, obtaining government secrets, and tracing material for WikiLeaks’ “Most Wanted Leaks” list.
Moreover, Assange obtained unauthorized access to a government-owned computer system of a NATO member country in 2010 and conspiring with LulzSec leader in 2012 for providing confidential documents and databases, the Jus ..
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