Malicious ZIP archives found in the AKP leak on the Wikileaks site

It might sound strange but maintaining malware should be considered a forensic measure. It helps track messages and attribute possible hacks by malware senders. Removing malware would block forensic analysis from knowing what data was potentially stolen or accessed.

It's is known that Wikileaks release files with malware in it from the source they're leaking; only thing the would be news, which is unlikely in my opinion, is that someone is using Wikileaks for malware distribution.

Anyone viewing files like this should always treat them as extremely dangerous.

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I read through about 1/2 of the AKP "leaks", it was a tremendous waste of time for anything but improving comprehension of Türkçe.

At a point in time, I truly believed Assange's goals were justice and transparency, now I am beginning to feel like he has his own political agenda, and is making sophomoric attempts to affect political change.

In 2016 Wikileaks's agenda seems to be:

  - Anti-Hillary
  - Anti-Hillary
  - Pro-Trump
  - Pro-Putin
  - Anti-Hillary
  - Opportunistic

The AKP leak falls into that last line. The coup happened, it was frightening (I watched two F-16s fly over the city at mach1+ for six-hours, and the helicopter which landed at BJK was so close to us at a cafe we could see the faces of the guys inside when it banked), and they capitalized on that fear to increase their own credibility and to demonize the ruling party here.

Unlike previous leaks Assange and his gang didn't put ANY effort into vetting the "leak". He didn't have to, because within certain crowds Wikileaks is an indisputably trusted source. His perceived persecution makes him beyond reproach, and now any criticism can be blamed on a conspiracy theory.

Rapist? CIA/Sweden persecuting him. Bail jumper? CIA/Mi5 persecution. Committed the crime of jumping bail? CIA/Mi5. Hiding in Ecuador for years? Illegal CIA detention. His best buddy Jake Appelbaum is a rapist? CIA.

This amount of trust and credibility would certainly make it easier for him, or a foreign agent, to spread malware. It's probably just a slip-up on not scanning the emails before publishing. But if it isn't, what are the odds that they are traced back to Russian hackers?

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Wikileaks' actions this year have done nothing but prove to me that Wikileaks is just another arm of the alt-right.

When you add in Julian Assange's antisemitism and lack of respect for women, it all makes sense.