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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 326 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

This is going to be another Panama files isn't it? Overwhelming evidence that billionaires are shits and world governments everywhere collectively do fuck all about it.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 224 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm certain some people will go to jail.

You can't just release information about politicians and billionaires and not go to jail.

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[–] JessyKenning@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Windows will be turned into exits

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, that's sort of a gimmie with swasticars.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think they were able to recoup a few billion in taxes or something, but like, no arrests or anything. I think one person got killed exposing it too.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/panama-papers-taxes-recovered-1.7501312

[–] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Technically only half true. They know, but they're not doing fuck all about it, they're murdering the journalists that expose the rampant corruption.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 231 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (13 children)
[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 83 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago

Anonymous are the heroes. Thanks for posting the article!

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)
[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably too old a reference for most lol

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

It's an older meme, but it checks out

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

To clarify:

Though the group currently calling itself Anonymous that just published all this ... derives the aesthetics and what not from stuff that arose on 4chan in the mid/late 00s...

They almost certainly have nothing to do with 4chan going down.

4chan was taken down by a group of people that used to post on a 4chan subboard, which was removed... and then they started their own community 'Soyjack Party'.

Which, ironically, is a very similar story as to why 4chan even exists: m00t used to post hentai and loli on SomethingAwful, and then that subboard got shut down, m00t and other frequent posters there got banned, and then they made 4chan.

Like... I stopped using 4chan almost two decades ago now, when m00t made a big announcement post, which later disappeared, stating that as a result of increased media scrutiny and a number of high profile crimes that were connected back to 4chan posts... well m00t said that he was cooperating with the authorities.

I can't prove this, because ... two decades ago, and the announcement was only up for ... less than 24hrs... but yeah, as the SoyJack Party hack of 4chan has confirmed, it was obvious that 4chan was/is a shitshow joke of an operation held together by ducttape and fishing lines.

For fucks sake, their versions of PHP and MySQL were like 12 years out of date and had numerous, extensively well documented security flaws.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My joke was implying that they had nothing better to do than infiltrate confidential Russian servers since 4chan was down. Lol

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Whelp, thats a whoosh moment for me than lol.

But it does seem like some other people appreciated the info :P

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[–] Contingencyfork@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dominos pizza! I knew I tasted something fishy

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[–] softcat@lemmy.ca 138 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are going to be a lot of upset, worried, wealthy people in London today.

[–] Flemmy@lemm.ee 59 points 2 weeks ago
[–] pwalker@discuss.tchncs.de 82 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Found this on hacker news, some people there say this data dump is total bs and for the news page itself: It's an article from an Indian right wing conspiracy news website. Check out their other hard hitting journalism: https://archive.ph/8RGAb"

[–] conicalscientist@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

The screenshot of files looks like an troll. I can't believe nobody is pointing this out.

I mean really. Who even names folders like that.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 78 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wonder what's in the trump folder

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It may be trump in it but it says krasnov on it.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Krasnov of Mar-a-Lago

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nothing. 2 CMD prompt outputs of possible vulnerabilities, nothing concrete at all

thats all under "Leaked Data of Donald Trump"

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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

There is nothing under the trump folder except 2 pics of possible vulnerabilities from a CMD prompt. Maybe some stuff in other data, but the trump folder is bust

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago

I give Anonymous credit on one thing: they're always punching upwards.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is Agent Krasnov on the list?

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 51 points 2 weeks ago

Trump had a folder on the picture of folders.

I don't know any more than that.

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Someone please look into the Trump folder and tell us what is there

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

Need to look under "K"

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Nothing. 2 CMD prompt outputs of possible vulnerabilities, nothing concrete at all

thats all under "Leaked Data of Donald Trump"

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Site is not loading on my side

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 68 points 2 weeks ago

Surely this means Lemmy has finally reached critical mass and we're slashdotting other sites now. /s

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] oce@jlai.lu 71 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lemmy's insignificant caress.

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 27 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Lemmy's finger up the butt

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 12 points 2 weeks ago

ABRUPT_RECORD_SCRATCH.wav

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[–] nargis@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 weeks ago

There's a twitter thread. An account named 'Anonymous France' has posted this link : https://www.mediafire.com/file/9prdor8m7a1z9f6/Leaked+Data+of+corrupt+officials.rar/file . Cannot verify the veracity of this information, but there was a r/worldnews thread saying that's its mostly worthless. This news site is known for peddling fake news, so it might be a whole lot of nonsense.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

I'd download this but I'm worried it could also contain some form of advanced spyware, and my "security computer" needs a new screen cable at the moment.

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[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 weeks ago

they should release magnets of chunks of the data

[–] the_q@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Site doesn't load for me and I can't find any other sources yet. Interesting to see what comes out of this, but I won't be downloading 10tb myself to find out, tempting as it may be

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[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Has anyone actually opened said data yet?

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