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WikiLeaks Involuntarily Exposes Personal User Information in Latest DNC Leak

posted onJuly 24, 2016
by l33tdawg

WikiLeaks committed another blunder over the weekend when the organization published 19,252 emails stolen and donated by a Russian hacker that contained among other things the sensitive information of Democratic Party donors.

The data, which is still online at the time of writing, three days after WikiLeaks dumped the files, contains sensitive information such as full names, Social Security numbers, passport IDs, addresses, phone numbers, and more.
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The data has been stolen after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) discovered that someone had hacked its server back in April. An initial investigation revealed the presence of malware that was previously tied to two Russian-based cyber-espionage groups called Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, associated with Russia's military and FSB agency.

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