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An internet leak is the unauthorized release of information over the internet.Various types of information and data can be, and have been, "leaked" to the Internet, the most common being personal information, computer software and source code, and artistic works such as books or albums.
WikiLeaks (/ ˈ w ɪ k i l iː k s /) is a non-profit media organisation and publisher of leaked documents.It is funded by donations [13] and media partnerships. It has published classified documents and other media provided by anonymous sources. [14]
2006: Julian Assange, an Australian programmer and activist, founded WikiLeaks with the intention of publishing leaked documents.. 2010: WikiLeaks came to international attention when it published a series of leaks provided by U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning.
In October 1999, DeCSS was released. This program enables anyone to remove the CSS encryption on a DVD. Although its authors only intended the software to be used for playback purposes, [2] it also meant that one could decode the content perfectly for ripping; combined with the DivX 3.11 Alpha codec released shortly after, the new codec increased video quality from near VHS to almost DVD ...
LiveLeak was a controversial [5] British video sharing website, headquartered in London.The site was founded on 31 October 2006, in part by the team behind the Ogrish.com shock site which closed on the same day. [2]
Leaked information may be plausibly denied without blame for proposed unpopular measures affecting their perpetrators. People with access to confidential information may find it to their advantage to make it public, without themselves appearing to be responsible for publishing the information.
A data breach, also known as data leakage, is "the unauthorized exposure, disclosure, or loss of personal information". [1]Attackers have a variety of motives, from financial gain to political activism, political repression, and espionage.
Information leakage happens whenever a system that is designed to be closed to an eavesdropper reveals some information to unauthorized parties nonetheless. In other words: Information leakage occurs when secret information correlates with, or can be correlated with, observable information.