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Companies Reputation and Wikileaks: Bank of America Case | Wikileaks Reputation Crisis - 0 views

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In a precedent post we showed the list of top 20 American companies most affected by Wikileaks in terms of news generated worldwide. Bank of America appeared as ranked number five.
- Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
  
  This website is very interesting, it attempts to measure the impact of wikileaks. Wikileaks has so quickly become an institution that websites dedicated to analyzing it have popped up.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This website is very interesting, it attempts to measure the impact of wikileaks. Wikileaks has so quickly become an institution that websites dedicated to analyzing it have popped up.</div>
  
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- Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
  
  This page presents the idea that coporations must now worry about wikileaks when making business decisions that could create a public relations nightmare
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This page presents the idea that coporations must now worry about wikileaks when making business decisions that could create a public relations nightmare</div>
  
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WikiLeaks Worse for SEC Than Bank of America - TheStreet - 1 views

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"Why hasn't the SEC done something about this?"
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  Interesting perspective on the potential wikileaks bank of america leak. The author predicts that the leak will hurt the government more than any other organization. Wikileaks seems to have declare war against both the government and corporations, how can it survive attakcs by both?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting perspective on the potential wikileaks bank of america leak. The author predicts that the leak will hurt the government more than any other organization. Wikileaks seems to have declare war against both the government and corporations, how can it survive attakcs by both?</div>
  
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G.W. Schulz: Is WikiLeaks Driving Bank of America to Seize Ugly Web Domains? - 0 views

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"using defensive domain registration to block others from exploiting domain names associated with your brand," according to its website.
- Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
  
  An intersting strategy for combating the wikileaks corporate threat that differs from the one proposed by the three security firms. This one seems to acknowledge that the information will get out, and it is simply trying to do some damage control.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An intersting strategy for combating the wikileaks corporate threat that differs from the one proposed by the three security firms. This one seems to acknowledge that the information will get out, and it is simply trying to do some damage control.</div>
  
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snapping up more than 400 domain names (such as brianmoynihansucks.com) in recent weeks that could feasibly be used as destinations for leveling hatred at the company.
- Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
  
  The actions seem futile since there seems to be an infinite number of domain names that could be created to hurt Bank of America's image
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The actions seem futile since there seems to be an infinite number of domain names that could be created to hurt Bank of America's image</div>
  
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Why the sudden burst in apparent pre-emptive action? One theory is that Bank of America is bracing for a fresh release of documents from the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks.
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WikiLeaks Scandal Spurs Hackers vs. Lobbyist Fight - US News and World Report - 0 views

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. The companies did so, which prompted a group of hackers to hit back. The group, which goes by the moniker "Anonymous," launched a series of cyber attacks against those three companies and others, in what the hackers dubbed "Operation Payback."
- Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
  
  What exactly is the relationship between Anonymous and Wikileaks? Will the relationship between them benefit or hurt wikileaks because Anonymous's activities seem to be explicitly illegal and so Wikileaks could be forced to face even more punishment.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">What exactly is the relationship between Anonymous and Wikileaks? Will the relationship between them benefit or hurt wikileaks because Anonymous's activities seem to be explicitly illegal and so Wikileaks could be forced to face even more punishment.</div>
  
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Barr's braggadocio didn't sit well with the hacker collective, who then apparently broke into HBGary Federal's computer system and stole tens of thousands of E-mails and posted them on the Internet, hijacked Barr's Twitter account, posted his supposed home address and social security number, and defaced HBGary Federal's website.
- Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
  
  The fact that the group broke into the security system of a firm that specializes in cyber security makes me wonder if any information on the internet can truly be kept "safe"
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The fact that the group broke into the security system of a firm that specializes in cyber security makes me wonder if any information on the internet can truly be kept "safe"</div>
  
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Facing WikiLeaks Threat, Bank of America Plays Defense - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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WikiLeaks has taken on private companies in the past, including leaking documents from Barclays of Britain and Bank Julius Baer of Switzerland, but neither disclosure drew nearly as much attention.
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  Why didn't it affect these companies as much as it affected Bank of America?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Why didn't it affect these companies as much as it affected Bank of America?</div>
  
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WikiLeaks has taken on private companies in the past, including leaking documents from Barclays of Britain and Bank Julius Baer of Switzerland, but neither disclosure drew nearly as much attention.
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Facing WikiLeaks Threat, Bank of America Plays Defense - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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take down” a major American bank and
- Ihsaan Patel on 20 Mar 11
  
  It is interesting to see the ability that wikileaks has to move markets and its impact on the world of finance, where information is king. Is it possible that wikileaks could help huge financial firms because it provides information that was previously unavailable?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It is interesting to see the ability that wikileaks has to move markets and its impact on the world of finance, where information is king. Is it possible that wikileaks could help huge financial firms because it provides information that was previously unavailable?</div>
  
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That Mr. Assange might shift his attention to a private company — especially one as politically unpopular as Bank of America or any of its rivals, which have been stained by taxpayer-financed bailouts and the revelation of improper foreclosure practices — raises a new kind of corporate threat, combining elements of law, technology, public policy, politics and public relations
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reveal an “ecosystem of corruption” with a cache of data from an executive’s hard drive. With Bank of America’s share price falling on the widely held suspicion that the hard drive was theirs
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