The AP, which is withholding identifying details of most of those affected, reached 23 people - most in Saudi Arabia - whose personal information was exposed. 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. Those concerns were heightened after WikiLeaks published a series of documents leaked by U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning, now known as Chelsea, in 2010. Experts say WikiLeaks' apparent refusal to do the most minimal screening is putting even its own readers at risk.

Source: India Today August 23, 2016 09:00 UTC