He came to wide international attention in 2010 when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning: footage of an US airstrike in Baghdad, US military logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and US diplomatic cables.Īssange was raised in several towns in Australia until his family settled in Melbourne in his mid-teens. Julian Paul Assange ( / ə ˈ s ɑː n ʒ/ ə- SAHNZH né Hawkins born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006.
