So Wikileaks is back in the news. According to THIS ARTICLE, Julian Assange and his group are said to have started publishing emails from the security company Stratfor that exposes their methods of money laundering and corruption.
The interesting aspect of this situation is that these emails were retrieved by the hackers called Anonymous, and Wikileaks are said to have gotten their information from the same group.
There are two key concerns here that seem evident to me. The first is that the emails should be assumed to be 'private information', even though it might expose the corruption in Stratfor. So it begs to ask, does the means of hacking into their systems, justify the ends of exposing their crimes?
The second concern is that Stratfor is completely stonewalling the media and their response to Wikileaks. Wikileaks have not disclosed their sources for the information, even though it is common knowledge that it was probably from Anonymous. If the credabliity of the information comes into question, who would you side with? The notoriously scandalous Wikileaks, or the conflicting victims/criminals at Stratfor.
Food for though this week.
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