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Wikileaks Publishes Hacked Sony Emails, Documents
itwbennett writes Wikileaks has published a searchable database of thousands of emails and documents from Sony Pictures Entertainment that were leaked in late 2014 after the studio was attacked by hackers. Some of the 173,132 emails and 30,287 documents contain highly personal information about Sony employees including home addresses, personal phone numbers and social security numbers, a fact which is likely to raise new concerns about the use of stolen information online.
They may have a "lofty ideal," but they ruin innocent bystanders lives.
Other than some titillating gossip that was hashed out 3-4 months ago already, this seems less than newsworthy.
Don't lump Snowden in with those other fuckers (Assange and WikiLeaks are the same, but you could add Ms. Manning to the list). Snowden deliberately went the route of engaging *professional, prudent journalists* to avoid the type of mass, public harm done by WikiLeaks types. Greenwald & Co haven't done a flawless job of protecting the public interest, but they've done way better than an Assange style job would have.
Keepin' in classy, Wikileaks.
Nothing like proving your critics right while also accomplishing a lot of nothing.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
You know that everything in that article is hearsay don't you?
There is nothing in here about "loads of information" leaked to Chinese press (only one mention of a set of IP addresses), nor is there anything to establish he still had viable copies of these documents when he went to Russia. A few vague mentions of something he might do in the future doesn't prove anything except he thought about it.
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I'm all up for revealing bad secrets and showing the world the bad side of governments, but these are private emails with personal information. As far as leaking goes, this has everything of the bad, and nothing of the good.
Trafficking in stolen goods is what they are doing. just because it was leaked/hacked doesn't change the fact that a theft occured.
The "article" has a wall of text, but no link.
Here:
https://wikileaks.org/sony/press/
Whos a good dog? Whos a good dog? You aren't, no you aren't!
Good dogs have IQ's high enough to not piss on the carpet.
I have to say, I have to agree with you. There's still some missing pieces of the Snowden picture and contradictions that need to be resolved to really understand all of his actions and motivations, but overall I think of all of the major leak issues that came up, he handled his the most responsibly.
Still would have rather he avoided Greenwald, who's always been a sensationalist self-aggrandizer, but at least he made sure there'd be some sort of filter to at least try to protect the innocent (I think the filter should have been even tighter, but no question that there needs to be a debate about the fundamental points of the leaks, and it took a leaker to make that happen).
*Kid Rock runs for Senate* Democrats: We must run Kid Scissors.
I always through that WL was about meaningful leaks for journalism/public good not just anything private that randomly gets leaked.
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
That you lump in Assange with Snowden illustrates neatly that you don't have a clue and can be safely ignored.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
Wikileaks like to market this as shining light on the truth but in reality they are just revictimizing a company that was the victim of hacking and theft.
I see this as no different than someone wiretapping publishing a family's private conversations. Its not right. And I for one would like to see Wikileaks face some kind of consequence for their actions.
Don't be such a neigh-sayer!
"...the inner workings of a large, secretive multinational corporation...that behind the scenes [Sony] is an influential corporation, with ties to the White House, an ability to impact laws and policies, and connections to the US military-industrial complex".
MJ would be proud. Not that i'm a fan per se, but he did go public and warn the world about Sony before his death.
Political correctness is really just herd psychology pushed by insecure people who desperately seek social conformity.
Preach it, brother. Looking at ScentCone's posting history, I can see that his posts are cunningly crafted to look like an average Slashdot poster, thus proving his true identity as a CIA/Halliburton/Illuminati/Bilderburger/Opus Dei/Sleestak agent.
Look out for the black helicopters. They come for you as we speak. I will soon communicate with you further through the resistance carrier pigeon network.
Yes it does serve a purpose. By choosing to release all info and never redacting then at some level they shield themselves from claims of bribery or bias. What happens if Sony and WB both have information leaks, WB makes a 10M donation to Wikileaks to redact info and Sony doesn't.
I'm not arguing they should or shouldn't redact but strict rules of always releasing all information they receive does serve a purpose.
Lastly nobody forces anybody to read any of it.
What surprises me is the similarity between both introductions not the completely different conclusion between both summaries. It is almost like there was an attempt to control the discussion of these leaks in the context of personal privacy (and of course it is an important part) but also burying the content of the leak itself and its political, social and economical implications.
Are you suggesting that someone should take a leak on Assange?
Yeah, you would not BELIEVE how much money I get from the Tri-Lateral Commission. You can too! Just follow my simple 5-step plan, which I lay out in my seminars, which I host annually at the Rothschilds. They always let me stay in their pool house.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
Make sure you give him affirmative consent first.
Have you read the emails?
1. The US government consults with Sony and other studios on pro-US propaganda.
2. Crazy pro-Israel nuts try to rope stars into their pro-Israel propaganda, when they don't agree he abuses them verbally.
3. Most of the execs are whiny bored ass-shats who should be thrown out on the streets to earn a real living.
That was just 10 minutes of searches. Number 1. in particular has me wondering if the US government actual compensates (i.e. pays money) to studios to promote propaganda agendas?
I see below the JTRIG crowd are in, JTRIG are the astroturfers for the spooks that try to attack people with fake 'victim' charges, honeypots (=hookers) Assange and his rape charge as an example, or Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the fake rape charge from a maid who turned out to have discussed this 'big win' before hand with her family abroad. These things look very much like anti-Assange stuff.
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
But item 1 alone makes this public interest, as does the verbal attacks on Natalie Portman from execs.
Social security numbers shouldn't exist. Too much power rests in them. Social security is an oxymoron. Don't shoot the messenger. The root of the problem lies in this system.
It's true... the system needs a rethink, and it will only get worse until it's changed. Those 9 *immutable* digits are way too powerful once they inevitably reach the hands of bad actors.
I wonder what percentage of Americans' SS#'s are in the "public domain" of criminals' databases at this point?
Just speaking as someone who's PI is in the Sony dump, I have not yet been killed.
However, I'll be under fraud alert for the next three years, Nigerian princes call my cell about twice a day, and someone has already tried, and fortunately failed, to open a student loan in my name. (No, I don't get it either.)
I mean it's not awful, it's not like I slept with a video game reviewer or anything. But it's been a huge hassle.
Don't blame me, I voted for Baltar.
Quick Sony, concoct another movie banning and threats to national security to draw attention away from this!
I dont know guys... I know whistle blowing is not a crime... but exposing the contents of confidential information that may pose threats to Sony employees... isn't that a crime? Don't we have enough to just put that SOB in jail?
Watch 'The Aristocrats' for more information about Saget's dog.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'