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The blame shouldn't be laid at the Guardian's door. Yes, they intentionally released the password - but they released the password to a file they were told only
by robhu 15y ago
The blame shouldn't be laid at the Guardian's door. Yes, they intentionally released the password - but they released the password to a file they were told only they had a copy.
It's the fault of Wikileaks for releasing a copy of this file in to the wild, and for (as might be implied by the article linked to) using the same passwords repeatedly.
- charlieok 15y agoYou raise good points. As the events demonstrate, it is extremely unwise to take such an over-the-top unnecessary risk with such a critical password.
- mentat 15y agoAssuming you have the only copy of any file that has been exposed on the Internet is unwise. If you got a copy of it over the network using an unsecured protocol then there's a significant chance others did too.