Contact

If you need help using Tor you can contact WikiLeaks for assistance in setting it up using our simple webchat available at: /talk

If you can use Tor, but need to contact WikiLeaks for other reasons use our secured webchat available at http://wlchatc3pjwpli5r.onion

We recommend contacting us over Tor if you can.

Tor

Tor is an encrypted anonymising network that makes it harder to intercept internet communications, or see where communications are coming from or going to.

In order to use the WikiLeaks public submission system as detailed above you can download the Tor Browser Bundle, which is a Firefox-like browser available for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux and pre-configured to connect using the anonymising system Tor.

Tails

If you are at high risk and you have the capacity to do so, you can also access the submission system through a secure operating system called Tails. Tails is an operating system launched from a USB stick or a DVD that aim to leaves no traces when the computer is shut down after use and automatically routes your internet traffic through Tor. Tails will require you to have either a USB stick or a DVD at least 4GB big and a laptop or desktop computer.

Tips

Our submission system works hard to preserve your anonymity, but we recommend you also take some of your own precautions. Please review these basic guidelines.

1. Contact us if you have specific problems

If you have a very large submission, or a submission with a complex format, or are a high-risk source, please contact us. In our experience it is always possible to find a custom solution for even the most seemingly difficult situations.

2. What computer to use

If the computer you are uploading from could subsequently be audited in an investigation, consider using a computer that is not easily tied to you. Technical users can also use Tails to help ensure you do not leave any records of your submission on the computer.

3. Do not talk about your submission to others

If you have any issues talk to WikiLeaks. We are the global experts in source protection – it is a complex field. Even those who mean well often do not have the experience or expertise to advise properly. This includes other media organisations.

After

1. Do not talk about your submission to others

If you have any issues talk to WikiLeaks. We are the global experts in source protection – it is a complex field. Even those who mean well often do not have the experience or expertise to advise properly. This includes other media organisations.

2. Act normal

If you are a high-risk source, avoid saying anything or doing anything after submitting which might promote suspicion. In particular, you should try to stick to your normal routine and behaviour.

3. Remove traces of your submission

If you are a high-risk source and the computer you prepared your submission on, or uploaded it from, could subsequently be audited in an investigation, we recommend that you format and dispose of the computer hard drive and any other storage media you used.

In particular, hard drives retain data after formatting which may be visible to a digital forensics team and flash media (USB sticks, memory cards and SSD drives) retain data even after a secure erasure. If you used flash media to store sensitive data, it is important to destroy the media.

If you do this and are a high-risk source you should make sure there are no traces of the clean-up, since such traces themselves may draw suspicion.

4. If you face legal action

If a legal action is brought against you as a result of your submission, there are organisations that may help you. The Courage Foundation is an international organisation dedicated to the protection of journalistic sources. You can find more details at https://www.couragefound.org.

WikiLeaks publishes documents of political or historical importance that are censored or otherwise suppressed. We specialise in strategic global publishing and large archives.

The following is the address of our secure site where you can anonymously upload your documents to WikiLeaks editors. You can only access this submissions system through Tor. (See our Tor tab for more information.) We also advise you to read our tips for sources before submitting.

http://ibfckmpsmylhbfovflajicjgldsqpc75k5w454irzwlh7qifgglncbad.onion

If you cannot use Tor, or your submission is very large, or you have specific requirements, WikiLeaks provides several alternative methods. Contact us to discuss how to proceed.

El Parlamento Europeo vota a favor de proteger a WikiLeaks

Martes, 20 de noviembre 1900 GMT

23 November 2012

El Parlamento Europeo vota a favor de proteger a WikiLeaks. En una decisión histórica, hoy el Parlamento Europeo ha empezado a elaborar el anteproyecto de una normativa que permita parar aquellos bloqueos bancarios arbitrarios contra WikiLeaks y contra otras organizaciones que se enfrentan a una censura económica. Esto es una señal importante por parte de los legisladores europeos. Constituye un reconocimiento de la gravedad de un precedente ocurrido en diciembre de 2010, que sigue aún vigente, cuando Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Western Union y Bank of América acordaron, de manera unilateral, un bloqueo bancario extrajudicial contra las donaciones a WikiLeaks. El bloqueo ha generado un coste a la organización de más cincuenta millones de dólares.

Si bien, el año pasado el Ministerio de Hacienda de EE.UU no encontró razón legal alguna para considerar que Wikileaks debía de ser incluida en la lista de embargos de EEUU, lo cierto es el bloqueo a escala politica continúa. WikiLeaks agradece el apoyo de los diputados sobre este tema tan importante y está de acuerdo con el Parlamento Europeo que " considera probable que aumente el número de empresas europeas cuyas actividades dependan, efectivamente, de poder aceptar pagos mediante tarjeta; considera que conviene al interés público definir normas objetivas que establezcan las circunstancias y los procedimientos en los que los sistemas de pago mediante tarjeta puedan denegar la aceptación de forma unilateral”.

Esto pone de relieve la reivindicación por parte de WikiLeaks de que si el bloqueo financiero en contra de WikiLeaks no se detiene, los gigantes financieros estadounidenses tendrán libertad para determinar, de forma unilateral, qué empresas y organizaciones europeas vivirán o morirán. Como WikiLeaks ha señalado anteriormente, se trata de un ataque a los derechos fundamentales que no puede quedarse sin respuesta. La organización ya ha iniciado acciones legales en dos jurisdicciones europeas y está a la espera del resultado final de la denuncia que interpuso ante la Comisión Europea en contra de las mayores compañías de tarjetas de crédito por violación de la normativa sobre competencia.

La decisión de la Comisión se espera para antes de fin de año. Hasta la fecha, Wikileaks ha obtenido la victoria en todas las audiencias judiciales sobre esta cuestión.

El fundador de Wikileaks, Julia Assange ha dicho: “Agradezco la repuesta de los legisladores de la UE. La independencia europea es importante. Pero no hay soberanía sin soberanía económica. La politización de los monopolios financieros norteamericanos no puede tener la capacidad de censurar a las organizaciones europeas de forma impune”