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Julian Assange — a computer programmer, a journalist, and an activist.

Born on July 3, 1971 in Australia, Assange did not have a “normal” childhood, but rather an unconventional one. Throughout his young years, he never stayed at one place for too long; he moved thirty-seven times and had never attended school because of that. Instead, he studied with his mother at home and by mail. He was an avid reader, and curious about everything that was happening around him. According to Michael Ray from Encyclopedia Britannica, as a teenager, Assange was interested in programming and lived a mobile life, as he and his mother were always on the run from an abusive ex-boyfriend. Assange never stopped learning, however, and the age of sixteen he learned to hack into computer networks; he later joined a group of hackers, known as International Subversives. Four years later, his illegal activities landed him into trouble with the Australian federal authorities who arrested him, but later let him go after paying monetary damages. As he became an adult, he retained his habit of hacking, and in 2006 he entered the international stage after publishing his website WikiLeaks, a non-profit which publishes secret information, news leaks, and classified media provided by anonymous sources.