Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Private lives exposed when WikiLeaks spills secretsWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, earlier this year. But its disclosures have also included personal information on hundreds of people — including sick children, rape victims and mental patients. But the library is also filling with rogue data, including computer viruses, spam, and a compendium of personal records. Some were unaware their data had been published; WikiLeaks is censored in the country. But the AP found that WikiLeaks also routinely publishes identity records, phone numbers and other information easily exploited by criminals.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 24, 2016 03:22 UTC