WIKILEAKS.COM
It's wikileaks.org, not .com.
The site is supposedly in Nairobi, Kenya:
Domain ID:D130035267-LROR Domain Name:WIKILEAKS.ORG Created On:04-Oct-2006 05:54:19 UTC Last Updated On:01-Mar-2008 01:15:18 UTC Expiration Date:04-Oct-2008 05:54:19 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Dynadot, LLC (R1266-LROR) Status:OK Registrant ID:C-13000 Registrant Name:John Shipton Registrant Street1:c/o WLK PO Box 8098-00200 Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:Nairobi Registrant State/Province: Registrant Postal Code:none Registrant Country:KE Registrant Phone:+1.2026576222 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX: Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:an1984@hush.com Admin ID:C-13000 Admin Name:John Shipton Admin Street1:c/o WLK PO Box 8098-00200 Admin Street2: Admin Street3: Admin City:Nairobi Admin State/Province: Admin Postal Code:none Admin Country:KE Admin Phone:+1.2026576222 Admin Phone Ext.: Admin FAX: Admin FAX Ext.: Admin Email:an1984@hush.com Tech ID:C-13000 Tech Name:John Shipton Tech Street1:c/o WLK PO Box 8098-00200 Tech Street2: Tech Street3: Tech City:Nairobi Tech State/Province: Tech Postal Code:none Tech Country:KE Tech Phone:+1.2026576222 Tech Phone Ext.: Tech FAX: Tech FAX Ext.: Tech Email:an1984@hush.com Name Server:NS1.EVERYDNS.NET Name Server:NS2.EVERYDNS.NET Name Server:NS3.EVERYDNS.NET Name Server:NS4.EVERYDNS.NET
But the server is in Sweden:
$ whois 88.80.13.160 OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre OrgID: RIPE Address: P.O. Box 10096 City: Amsterdam StateProv: PostalCode: 1001EB Country: NL ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43 NetRange: 88.0.0.0 - 88.255.255.255 CIDR: 88.0.0.0/8 NetName: 88-RIPE NetHandle: NET-88-0-0-0-1 Parent: NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET NameServer: NS3.NIC.FR NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET NameServer: NS.LACNIC.NET Comment: These addresses have been further assigned to users in Comment: the RIPE NCC region. Contact information can be found in Comment: the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois RegDate: 2004-04-01 Updated: 2004-04-06 # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-09-16 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. % This is the RIPE Whois query server #3. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % Rights restricted by copyright. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html % Note: This output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag. % Information related to '88.80.12.0 - 88.80.13.255' inetnum: 88.80.12.0 - 88.80.13.255 netname: PRQ-NET-INT descr: prq Inet - Access descr: Customer / link addresses country: SE admin-c: pIN7-RIPE tech-c: pIN7-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: MNT-PRQ source: RIPE # Filtered role: prq Inet NOC address: prq Inet Box 1206 SE 11479 Stockholm Sweden phone: +46 (0)8 50003150 remarks: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! remarks: !! Abuse reports should ONLY be sent to abuse@prq.se !! remarks: !! Do NOT call unless it's very urgent !! remarks: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! admin-c: PW1115-RIPE tech-c: PW1115-RIPE nic-hdl: pIN7-RIPE mnt-by: MNT-PRQ source: RIPE # Filtered abuse-mailbox: abuse@prq.se % Information related to '88.80.0.0/19AS33837' route: 88.80.0.0/19 descr: prq Inet aggregated route origin: AS33837 mnt-by: MNT-PRQ source: RIPE # Filtered
Also, I note the hackers used ctunnel.com to hide their tracks when they accessed the Yahoo account.
John Shipton:
http://www.enews20.com/news_Judge_Crushes_Injunction_against_Wikileaks_Sets_Hearings_06257.html
Interesting read.....still looking for more.