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All Leaked U.S. Cables Were Made Available Online as WikiLeaks Splintered

All Leaked U.S. Cables Were Made Available Online as WikiLeaks Splintered

A WikiLeaks computer file that allows anyone to read every word of 251,287 leaked United States diplomatic cables by typing a password made public six months ago was posted online by mistake last year, potentially endangering human rights activists and other sources who spoke to American officials in confidence.

 

WikiLeaks site comes under attack

The WikiLeaks website crashed Tuesday in an apparent cyberattack after the accelerated publication of tens of thousands of once-secret State Department cables by the anti-secrecy organization raised new concerns about the exposure of confidential U.S. embassy sources.

 

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