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What's most surprising to me about this attack, is the journalists who are digging through this illegally gotten material and then creating stories and spreadin

• k-mcgrady 12y ago
  It's interesting that this is treated differently the the celebrity photo leak earlier this year. In both cases personal, private information has been leaked (photos, emails) but for some reason it's ok to post the emails on legitimate news websites.
  • walterbell 12y ago
    If this were a movie, news outlets posting the leaked information would constitute the second round in economic infowar attacks.
  • totony 12y ago
    I would argue that this is a very bad analogy. One is only a photo of yourself (okay, in a setting you might not like, but still just a picture), while the other is something someone can use to fuck you up: put you in financial trouble, break your credit, your name (see other posts in this thread). This is in no way like leaked photos. I agree both might be troublesome, but the level of this leak is incredibly worse.
• clarkmoody 12y ago
  Your expectations of journalists must be very high to be surprised by this sort of thing... Look at the reporting of any breaking news, especially emergency situations: the talking heads will repeat any rumor or scrap of news like it's truth, just to keep eyeballs glued to their station/site/Twitter/etc. And afterwards there is no accountability whatsoever. I agree with you that it's not the right thing to do.