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Re:Cisco VP Vows to Make Hunting Secret-Leaker His ‘Hobby’ by jlgreco on Monday November 12, 2012 @10:52AM (#4773271)
As someone pointed out when this story hit slashdot, I think if anything this letter means that the guilty party has relatively little to worry about. If they had any idea at all who did it, I don't think they would be sending letters like that.
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Re:Cisco VP Vows to Make Hunting Secret-Leaker His ‘Hobby’ by nitrogen on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:17AM (#4773392)
Or, they varied the spelling, punctuation, spacing, or other attributes of every copy, so they could uniquely identify whoever leaked this version.
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Re:Cisco VP Vows to Make Hunting Secret-Leaker His ‘Hobby’ by jlgreco on Monday November 12, 2012 @11:52AM (#4773578)
Could be, though if they need to do that it probably suggests the same thing. Also, there would be little guarantee of it being leaked by the same person, considering the rather ridiculous nature of it.
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Re:Cisco VP Vows to Make Hunting Secret-Leaker His ‘Hobby’ by gknoy on Monday November 12, 2012 @12:04PM (#4773628)
They might not know NOW who did it, but now there will be increased scrutiny, and it's attracted top-level scrutiny. They'll have Top Men on this. I imagine that the VP's past experience will help inform him of ways to trip up the leaker, and also influences the diligence of his pursuit.
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