Biography of Julian Assange

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July 3, 1971 Julian Paul Assange was born in Townsville (in the State of Queensland, Australia) on July 3, 1971. He married young, at the age of eighteen and soon becomes father; shortly after separating from his wife. Around the late 1980s joined the 22nd in investment freedom movement "International" (International Subversives), a group of computer hackers in which Julian Assange uses the pseudonym "Mendax" (seems to have chosen this nickname taking inspiration from Horace's phrase: "Beautiful Liar"). In 1991 is located at his home in Melbourne when undergoing a RAID by Australian Federal Police: Assange would have access via modem to various computer processors from an Australian University, in violation of the Federal computer system of the United States Department of Defense. " The following year are allocated to Asange twenty-four counts of illegal computer activities: is convicted and locked up in prison to serve their sentences. Afterwards is released for good behavior, along with a fine of 2100 Australian dollars. In 1995 manufactures a software called "Strobe", an open-source (open source and free) dedicated to port scanning, computer technique used to gather information on remote computers, not to be considered necessarily illegal but that obviously provides a useful aid to criminals who want to make use of it. Two years later, in 1997, he collaborated in writing the book "Underground: Tales of Hacking-Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier". He enrolled at the University of Melbourne to deepen his studies of physics and mathematics; He devoted himself to the study from 2003 to 2006, but does not manage to graduate. Among the studies that addresses there are also the philosophy and neuroscience. Starting from 2007 is one of the promoters of the Wikileaks website, "which is defined as" editor in chief ". "WikiLeaks" (from English "leak", "loss", "fuga [news]") is an international organization that receives secret documents anonymously via the Internet; Wikileaks receives governmental or corporate documents generally. The sources remain covered by the anonymity through a prearranged system, characterized by a powerful encryption system; Once we have received your documents, are published online by the WikiLeaks website. In November 2010 is clearly a warrant from Court of Stockholm (in Sweden) to arrest Julian Assange in absentia. The accusation against him comes from two women who allege rape, harassment and coercion and refers to illegal. The coincidence with the advent of new revelations by WikiLeaks uncomfortable for many Governments around the world, they do raise questions about the nature of the measure against Assange. It established an international arrest warrant through Interpol from the Swedish police force. In addition an arrest warrant has been issued in the European Union via the Schengen information system. A few days later, on November 28, WikiLeaks Announces over 251,000 u.s. diplomatic documents, many of them labeled as "confidential" or "secret". Assange is arrested in Britain on 7 December and freed on bail nine days later.
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