A Swede, who was arrested on Thursday and described by the Quito authorities as a close associate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was charged today (13/4) with a cyber attack, the Ecuadorian prosecutor's office announced. Ola Bini was arrested while trying to cross into Japan, on the same day that Assange, from whom Ecuador withdrew his asylum, was arrested at the country's embassy in London (a shelter for him since 2012).
In a press release, Ecuador's attorney general announced that he had prosecuted "a 36-year-old Swedish national for his alleged involvement in the crime of attacking information systems integrity". A judge ordered "the pre-trial detention of the accused and the freezing of his bank accounts".
Without revealing his identity, Interior Minister Maria Paula Romo confirmed on Thursday that a person close to Assange was involved in a "destabilization" plan by President Lenin Moreno and had traveled abroad with the former Ecuadorian Foreign Minister. Skateboard. She spoke of "two Russian hackers who also live in Ecuador" and are linked to "systematic attacks" against the Ecuadorian government. Authorities, however, did not say whether they were WikiLeaks contributors.
- Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ.