12 facts about the founder of "Wikileaks' Julian Assange

1. One of the ancestors of Assange was Chinese and wore the name of Sang.

2. As a child, Assange was replaced 37 schools.

3. From 9 to 16 years old Assange with his mother and half-brother was hiding from his stepfather, who was a member of the sect "The Family." Its founder Enna Hamilton-Byrne takes the children from their mothers.

4. In 1990, Assange has been programming, was the author of a number of programs related to network security and routing.

5. In 1998, Assange carry out world tour, in particular, has visited Russia, driving along the Trans-Siberian Railway.

6. Assange is one of two authors of the book «Undergound», where, in particular, has been described an episode about a group of hackers from Australia, who in 1989-1991 to carry out hacking networks of the Ministry of Defense, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the telecommunications company «Nortel ».

7. For the first time in a public correspondence Assange mentioned about the project «Leaks» in 1996, three years later he bought the domain leaks.org, but later wrote that he found no use.



8. As a provider for «WikiLeaks» was chosen the Swedish company PRQ.se, known by the fact that at one time is hosting the torrent portal «The Pirate Bay».

9. Assange very passionate about their work and it is extremely diffused in daily life: he always need personal assistants, because he often forgets to pay for the booked tickets or collect clothing before crossings.

10. In 1999, during the trial of the former spouse of the right of custody of her son, Daniel, Assange has almost completely turned gray from stress.

11. For the publication of compromising materials against the Kenyan president in 2008 Assange was awarded the Amnesty International, and in 2010 the Guardian included it in a list of the hundred most influential figures in the media.

12. Favorite writers Assange - Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Franz Kafka.

Source: www.lenta.ru/lib/

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