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His family moved frequently when he was a child and was educated with a combination of homeschooling and courses
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As a teenager he had an ability with computers using the hacking nickname of "Mendax"
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He was charged with 31 counts of cybercrime, however he received a small punishment
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Over the next decade he traveld, studied physics at the university of Melborune and worked as a computer security consultant
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He created wikileaks for senititive or classified documents
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He was arrested in london
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He faced in Sweden where he was wanted in conection whit sexual assault charges
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The supreme cort weight the matter of his extradition, while he remaned under house arrest
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After his extradition was denied he refush in the Ecuatorian Embassy
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He become an active playen in the U.S presidential race.
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Cybersecurity experts and U.S agencies confirmed that the data he published had been obtained by hackers associated whit Russia agencies.
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In 2017 he approached his fiftn year under the facto house, and Swedish prosecutors discounted their investigation into the rape charges against him.
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After a written agreement from the British goverment that he would not be extradited where he could face tortue or death penalty Ecuadorian Press allowed British Police to enter the embassy and arrest him.