Security News > 2019 > May > US charges Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act

The US Department of Justice has hit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 charges related to illegally obtaining, receiving and disclosing classified information related to the national defense. He is charged with violating the Espionage Act. The conspiracy to commit computer intrusion charge revealed in April, when Assange was arrested in London after having been carried out of Ecuador’s Embassy following the country’s asylum revocation, has been incorporated in this batch of charges. US government … More → The post US charges Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act appeared first on Help Net Security.

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