Bank of America Cuts Off WikiLeaks

A new target for the Anonymous hacker crew? Bank of America says it will no longer handle any business related to WikiLeaks, reports the Charlotte Observer. Others that have done so, including MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal, have come under cyber attack from supporters of WikiLeaks in the ether. The announcement comes amid speculation that Julian Assange's website is about to dump a trove of information about the banking industry—with Bank of America as the main target.

"This decision is based upon our reasonable belief that WikiLeaks may be engaged in activities that are, among other things, inconsistent with our internal policies for processing payments," the bank said in a statement. (More Bank of America stories.)