Julian Assange charged with conspiring with "Anonymous"-affiliated hackers

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https://www.axios.com/julian-assange-wikileaks-anonymous-fdf2f45a-06e3-4743-b685-97d9984ba2da.html

By Zachary Basu
Axios.com
June 24, 2020

The Justice Department announced on Wednesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian 
Assange has been charged in a superseding indictment for recruiting and 
conspiring with computer hackers, including those affiliated with the hacking 
groups LulzSec and "Anonymous."

Why it matters: The new indictment does not add new counts to the 18-count 
indictment filed against Assange under the Espionage Act last year, but it does 
"broaden the scope of the conspiracy surrounding alleged computer intrusions 
with which Assange was previously charged," according to the DOJ.

The big picture: Assange is currently in prison in the U.K., where he is 
awaiting possible extradition to the U.S. pending a September hearing. He is 
reportedly in poor health.

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