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A comment on WikiLeaks publishing over half a million intercepted pages from 9/11/2001. Parent comment

Re:WikiLeaks publishing over half a million intercepted page... by oomkiller on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @06:23AM (#960966)
Well, thats what you get for sending confidential information over plaintext. Most of the stuff I've seen is just status updates anyways, probably irrelevant after 8 years.
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Re:WikiLeaks publishing over half a million intercepted page... by skywalker on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @09:14AM (#961117)
It can be irrelevant after 8 years, but could be relevant for someone that could act on it at the moment it was captured. Maybe for some social engineering attack.
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