WASHINGTON—Julian Assange’s biggest break planted the seeds of his downfall. The Australian-born computer hacker’s brainchild, WikiLeaks, vaulted to global fame in 2010 by publishing a series of bombshells extracted from the heart of the U.S. national-security fortress. Hacked U.S. diplomatic cables revealed what American diplomats had learned...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 11, 2019 21:11 UTC