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Julian Assange's legacy is now well protected.
The Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) organization, known for its activism in the field of data transparency, published copies of data from the Wikileaks website on its own resource. The release of the data came after Wikileaks founder Julian Assange entered into a plea agreement and pledged to remove all unpublished classified material.
Assange's deal prompted the organization to archive Wikileaks content and make it easier to access. Many parts of the Wikileaks website have fallen into disrepair over the years, and some downloads are no longer available. As a result, the original data may disappear.
DDoSecrets noted that Wikileaks is a centralized point of failure, which makes the service vulnerable. DDoSecrets aims to make data more resilient and make it more accessible. The organization provides the same information as Wikileaks, but in a more reliable and secure format. DDoSecrets will also not censor data.
Wikileaks mirror data published by DDoSecrets includes:
Wikileaks data archiving also includes information that Wikileaks has been criticized for publishing. For example, the Saudi Cables publication included 124 medical files and details about a Saudi man arrested for homosexuality. The case put the lives of the participants in the case and their families at risk.
The DDoSecrets organization was founded in 2018 and quickly became known as a platform for large amounts of data, for example, BlueLeaks – 270 GB of stolen data related to US law enforcement agencies. The leak led to numerous articles about surveillance and police activities. In response to the spread of such materials, social networks and governments have restricted access to DDoSecrets resources. In 2020, DDoSecrets was named the successor to Wikileaks.
DDoSecrets also announced the launch of two new projects:
The services will help attract new participants, making projects more sustainable in the long term and involving the community of journalists, activists and researchers. DDoSecrets has not been in contact with Wikileaks regarding data recovery, and Wikileaks has not provided a comment on this matter.
Since 2019, Assange, 51, has been fighting extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for espionage charges. The charges stemmed from WikiLeaks publication of classified documents revealing details about US military operations and diplomatic missions, including civilian casualties in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Secret documents were provided to the journalist by former US Army analyst Chelsea Manning. Assange ended up spending 62 months in a British prison.
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The Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) organization, known for its activism in the field of data transparency, published copies of data from the Wikileaks website on its own resource. The release of the data came after Wikileaks founder Julian Assange entered into a plea agreement and pledged to remove all unpublished classified material.
Assange's deal prompted the organization to archive Wikileaks content and make it easier to access. Many parts of the Wikileaks website have fallen into disrepair over the years, and some downloads are no longer available. As a result, the original data may disappear.
DDoSecrets noted that Wikileaks is a centralized point of failure, which makes the service vulnerable. DDoSecrets aims to make data more resilient and make it more accessible. The organization provides the same information as Wikileaks, but in a more reliable and secure format. DDoSecrets will also not censor data.
Wikileaks mirror data published by DDoSecrets includes:
- Yemen Files containing information on military cooperation of the US Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen;
- Vault 7, which contains technical data about the CIA's hacking capabilities;
- emails from Hillary Clinton's personal email server.
Wikileaks data archiving also includes information that Wikileaks has been criticized for publishing. For example, the Saudi Cables publication included 124 medical files and details about a Saudi man arrested for homosexuality. The case put the lives of the participants in the case and their families at risk.
The DDoSecrets organization was founded in 2018 and quickly became known as a platform for large amounts of data, for example, BlueLeaks – 270 GB of stolen data related to US law enforcement agencies. The leak led to numerous articles about surveillance and police activities. In response to the spread of such materials, social networks and governments have restricted access to DDoSecrets resources. In 2020, DDoSecrets was named the successor to Wikileaks.
DDoSecrets also announced the launch of two new projects:
- Library of Leaks, which will be responsible for saving existing data and interacting with external groups;
- Disclosure Without Borders, which focuses on publishing and protecting sources.
The services will help attract new participants, making projects more sustainable in the long term and involving the community of journalists, activists and researchers. DDoSecrets has not been in contact with Wikileaks regarding data recovery, and Wikileaks has not provided a comment on this matter.
Since 2019, Assange, 51, has been fighting extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for espionage charges. The charges stemmed from WikiLeaks publication of classified documents revealing details about US military operations and diplomatic missions, including civilian casualties in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Secret documents were provided to the journalist by former US Army analyst Chelsea Manning. Assange ended up spending 62 months in a British prison.
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