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> So a spammy email in one of the thousands leaked happened to contained malware? And this is newsworthy why? Because it's another example of the unconscionabl
by jacobwcarlson 10y ago
> So a spammy email in one of the thousands leaked happened to contained malware? And this is newsworthy why?
Because it's another example of the unconscionable lack of attention to detail that Wikileaks pays when putting out these dumps. Not quite at the level of outing gay Saudis and rape victims (putting them at risk of death), but still just very amateurish.
- wodencafe 10y ago> still just very amateurish. Especially considering how long they've been releasing these data dumps.
- moolcool 10y agoIs it a lack of attention? I don't think a virus in a collection of leaked emails is a major threat since you'd be a fool to execute it. On the other hand, it might be useful for researchers if the virus was written to specifically target somebody.
- Twirrim 10y agoIt would hardly take any time to run the trove through a virus scanner, and it wouldn't even need someone to be sitting over it nannying it through the process.
- mynewtb 10y agoA dump should not be tampered with. How are you going to verify what truly is malware and what is not, and how malware in itself is not of importance?
- ryanlol 10y agoBut why? There's no legitimate reason for wikileaks to do that.
- moolcool 10y agoMy point is that they shouldn't delete the viruses though. Someone going through the archives probably won't open a random executable from a zip file they stumble across, but a security researcher might want to examine the kinds of malware the leak subject might be exposed to. This is especially the case given we have no idea how many parties (and which parties) had access to these servers.