Wikileaks Aims for Mystery, Tweets a Cryptic Encrypted File

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Rebecca Greenfield 1,186 Views Aug 31, 2011

Wikileaks tweeted a big 557.5 megabyte encrypted file this afternoon. Wikileaks says "the decryption key will be released at the appropriate moment," reports Gawker's Adrian Chen. But we wouldn't wait around. Last year Wikileaks released a similar file as "insurance", and the key has yet to be leaked. 

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