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WikiLeaks posts huge encrypted file
RAPHAEL G. SATTER
August 6, 2010 - 9:29AM
AP
Online whistle-blower WikiLeaks has posted a huge encrypted file named "Insurance" to its website, sparking speculation those behind the organisation may be prepared to release more classified information if authorities interfere with them.
[b]At 1.4 gigabytes, the file is 20 times larger than the batch of 77,000 secret US military documents[/b] about Afghanistan that WikiLeaks dumped onto the web in July, and cryptographers say the file is [b]virtually impossible to crack[/b] - unless WikiLeaks releases the key used to encode the material.
"There's no way that anyone has any chance of figuring out what's in there," Paul Kocher, president of US-based Cryptography Research, said Thursday.
That hasn't stopped bloggers and journalists from speculating. Some say the files could be the 15,000 or so intelligence reports WikiLeaks says it has held back for vetting.
Others, pointing to its enormous size, say it could be a compilation of the 260,000 classified diplomatic cables allegedly accessed by US army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley acknowledged on Thursday the government suspects WikiLeaks is sitting on at least some of its message traffic. The organisation itself is keeping mum, at least in public.
"We do not discuss security procedures," WikiLeaks said in an email response to questions about the file.
Editor-in-chief Julian Assange was a bit more expansive - if equally cryptic - in his response to the same line of questioning in a TV interview with independent US news network Democracy Now! earlier this week.
"I think it's better that we don't comment on that," Assange said, according to the network's transcript of the interview. "But, you know, one could imagine in a similar situation that it might be worth ensuring that important parts of history do not disappear."
[b]Cryptographers say the file was likely made using a 256-bit encryption standard known as AES256, which the US government and others employ to mask some of their most sensitive data.[/b]
"It is widely viewed as extremely strong," said cryptography pioneer Whitfield Diffie, of Britain's Royal Holloway College. He said there were no known instances of anyone being able to crack AES256.
Kocher agreed, saying the only conceivable way anyone outside of WikiLeaks could decode "Insurance" was if Assange and his colleagues had used a blatantly obvious password or experienced some kind of "catastrophic algorithm error".
[b]"We're not going to find out what's in that file unless somebody reveals the key," Kocher said.[/b]
It's not clear when - if ever - that might happen. WikiLeaks has so far refused to discuss the file, its contents, or when they might be released. And while the group has boasted about sitting on a huge wealth of leaked data from all over the world, Assange has declined to answer questions about whether WikiLeaks has the State Department cables, and, if it does, whether and when it plans to publish them.
Manning, who is in jail on suspicion of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks in a previous case, has been quoted as saying the cables would expose "almost criminal political back dealings" and that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would "have a heart attack" when the files went public.
Diffie and Kocher said the size of the file indicated a huge amount of data was being encrypted."The question is," Kocher said, "is it a bluff or is it something more substantial?"[/quote]
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Happened like 10 hours ago, a huge file named "insurance.aes256" was posted here: [url]http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Afghan_War_Diary,_2004-2010[/url]
Really interesting, I wonder what is in that file.
Edit: Seems like the file was up for a long time (6 days?), but no one took notice of it...
If it's called insurance then it'll probably be future operation plans.
Mind you if they uploaded that they'd be fucking insane, that puts the entire western forces over there in danger, so they wouldn't do that.
I hope.
urgh, I just hope no inocents die from the information in the file.
Hopefully it isn't too weighted. But if it does show the future operation plans, then something needs to be done about Wikileaks. That is unacceptable.
Is all part of the attack plan. We mislead the enemy then do exactly the opposite
They've been in the news a lot lately. Wonder if they'll get shut down?
it's a conspiracy
Bush did it.
this is kind of stupid now..
It's a 3 hour long home made porn movie starring Hillary Clinton.
[QUOTE=jetboy;23867635]It's a 3 hour long home made porn movie starring Hillary Clinton.[/QUOTE]
No, it's the full version of "Nailin' Palin."
It's either that, or America's making some sort of cloning insurance for their soldiers.
EVE Online all up this bitch motherfuckers
WikiLeaks seems to have gotten quite a bit more active recently.
[QUOTE=faze;23867644]No, it's the full version of "Nailin' Palin."[/QUOTE]
Lie.
[quote]Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would "have a heart attack" when the files went public.[/quote]
Wikileaks will release key to public if government takes Wikileaks down
Hahahaha fucking idoits.
The Insurance file is actually the torrent file they uploaded onto the The Pirates Bay ([URL]http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5723136[/URL])
It's the same exact thing as the Afghan War Diary. It was created as a torrent to get as many people as possible to possess the documents in case they were/hacked deleted.
Hence the name "Insurance".
And it was posted a long ago.
I would lol if the encrypted contents were just a bunch of random characters.
[QUOTE=bravehat;23867508]If it's called insurance then it'll probably be future operation plans.
Mind you if they uploaded that they'd be fucking insane, that puts the entire western forces over there in danger, so they wouldn't do that.
I hope.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:DmbaOK0TAop6xM:http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8250/trollface.gif&t=1[/img]
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It's pretty obvious that the "Insurance" is Wikileaks insurance. If anything would happen to them or their servers, they just tell people the password and 15,000 highly classified US documents are out on the Internet for everyone to see. Since the file is out there already, and is impossible to remove it from everyones harddrives, the US government can't do anything towards Wikileaks without risking all the files being leaked.
Damn, Wikileaks is awesome.
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[QUOTE=jetboy;23867674]Lie.[/QUOTE]
She's recently been slapping Iran with a lot of sanctions, maybe it's something about Iran.
the file is a picture of gabe newell
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[QUOTE=HenryJ;23867703]It's pretty obvious that the "Insurance" is Wikileaks insurance. If anything would happen to them or their servers, they just tell people the password and 15,000 highly classified US documents are out on the Internet for everyone to see. Since the file is out there already, and is impossible to remove from everyones harddrives, the US government can't do anything towards Wikileaks without risking all the files being leaked.
Damn, Wikileaks is awesome.[/QUOTE]
That sorta makes sense :o
[QUOTE=DireAvenger;23867660]It's either that, or America's making some sort of cloning insurance for their soldiers.
EVE Online all up this bitch motherfuckers[/QUOTE]
Even though it's a far-fetched concept, "cloning insurance" would be quite a turning part for ANY war, since it sounds like it entails "respawn". But if both sides had respawn, it'd be the stalemate to end all stalemates.
But it's probably just plans for future tactical endeavours concerning the war. Nothing "secret weapon" about it or anything. Probably.
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[QUOTE=HenryJ;23867703]It's pretty obvious that the "Insurance" is Wikileaks insurance. If anything would happen to them or their servers, they just tell people the password and 15,000 highly classified US documents are out on the Internet for everyone to see. Since the file is out there already, and is impossible to remove it from everyones harddrives, the US government can't do anything towards Wikileaks without risking all the files being leaked.
Damn, Wikileaks is awesome.[/QUOTE]
It was my theory
Its obvious he accidentally uploading 1.4 gigs of porn instead of military documents.
In all seriousness, the title "insurance" worries me.
[QUOTE=Ericsson;23867679]Wikileaks will release key to public if government takes Wikileaks down[/QUOTE]
Wow, looks like WikiLeaks has the ultimate trump card up it's sleeve, and the ultimate bargaining chip... If the government takes them down, they release the key and unlock this "pandora's box" on an intelligence payload.
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