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Cryptome

January 01, 1970

Cryptome is an online library and 501(c)(3) private foundation[1] created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios[2][3][4][5][6] and closed in 2023.[7] The site collected information about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy.[4]

Cryptome
Type of site
Document archive
Available inEnglish
EditorsJohn Young
Deborah Natsios
URLOfficial website
LaunchedJune 1996; 27 years ago (1996-06)
Current statusActive

Cryptome was known for publishing the alleged identities of people associated with the CIA, the Stasi, and the PSIA and British intelligence.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Cryptome was one of the early organizers of WikiLeaks and published the alleged internal emails of the WikiLeaks organization.[14][15][16] Cryptome republished the already public surveillance disclosures of Edward Snowden and claimed in June 2014 that they would publish all unreleased Snowden documents later that month.[17]

Cryptome has received praise from organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), but has also been the subject of criticism and controversy. WikiLeaks has accused Cryptome of forging emails[18] and some of Cryptome's posted documents have been called an "invitation to terrorists."[19] The website has also been criticized for posting maps and pictures of "dangerous Achilles' heel[s] in the domestic infrastructure," which The New York Times called a "tip off [to] terrorists."[20] ABC News also criticized them for posting information that terrorists could use to plan attacks.[21] They continued to post controversial materials including guides on "how to attack critical infrastructure" in addition to other instructions for illegal hacking "for those without the patience to wait for whistleblowers".[22][23] Cryptome has also received criticism for its handling of embarrassing and private information.[6][24]

People edit

John Young edit

John Young was born in 1935. He grew up in West Texas where his father worked in the oil field, construction and on a decommissioned Texas POW camp,[25] and Young later served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Germany (1953–56) and earned degrees in philosophy and architecture from Rice University (1957–63) and his graduate degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1969. A self-identified radical, he became an activist and helped create community service group Urban Deadline, where his fellow student-activists initially suspected him of being a police spy.[26][27][28] Urban Deadline went on to receive citations from the Citizens Union of the City of New York and the New York City Council, and which later evolved into Cryptome. His work earned him a position on the nominating committee for the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design in 1998.[29][30][31]

He has received citations from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Legal Aid Society. In 1993, he was awarded the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition.[30][32][33] He has stated he doesn't "acknowledge the power of the law."[34]

Deborah Natsios edit

Deborah Natsios grew up in CIA safe houses across Europe, Asia and South America reserved for covert CIA station chiefs.[25][26] She later received her graduate degree in architecture from Princeton University. She has taught architecture and urban design at Columbia University and Parsons The New School for Design, and held seminars at the Pratt Institute and the University of Texas.[35][36] She is the principal of Natsios Young Architects.[37]

In addition to being co-editor for Cryptome, she is responsible for the associated project Cartome, which was founded in 2011[38] and posts her original critical art and graphical images and other public resources to document sensitive areas. She additionally holds a degree in mathematics from Smith College. She has given talks at the USENIX Annual Technical Conference[39] and Architectures of Fear: Terrorism and the Future of Urbanism in the West,[38] and written on topics ranging from architectural theory[35] to defenses of Jim Bell and assassination politics.[40] She is a notable critic of Edward Snowden.[41]

Family edit

Natsios is the daughter of Nicholas Natsios, who served as CIA station chief in Greece from 1948–1956, in Vietnam from 1956–1960, in France from 1960–1962, in South Korea from 1962–1965, in Argentina from 1965–1969, in the Netherlands from 1969–1972, and in Iran from 1972–1974.[42][43][44][45] While stationed in Vietnam, his deputy was William Colby, the future Director of Central Intelligence.[46] His name was included in the 1996 membership directory of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, which Cryptome helped to publish.[47] Cryptome acknowledged its link to Nicholas Natsios in 2000.[42]

Policies edit

Young has said of Cryptome, "We do expect to get false documents but it's not our job to sort that out."[48] In another interview, Young promoted skepticism about all sources of information, saying: "Facts are not a trustworthy source of knowledge. Cryptome is not an authoritative source."[49] When asked about providing context for material, Young said, "We do not believe in 'context.' That is authoritarian nonsense. For the same reason, we do not believe in verification, authentication, background."[50]

The front page of the Cryptome website states that "documents are removed from this site only by order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction. No court order has ever been served; any order served will be published here – or elsewhere if gagged by order."[51] However, documents have been removed at the request of both law enforcement as well as individuals.[34][45]

Cryptome has warned users that they do not have technical measures to protect the anonymity of their sources, saying "don’t send us stuff and think that we’ll protect you."[52]

History edit

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  • 1993: Young and Natsios get on the internet.[28]
  • 1994: What became Cryptome began with Young and Natsios's participation in the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list and Urban Deadline.[42][28] Natsios called this time "seminal" and "transformative" for the internet.[53]
  • 1996: Cryptome was officially created out of their architectural practice.[54]
  • 1999: In October journalist Declan McCullagh wrote about Young's perusal of the site's access logs.[32]
  • 2000: Cartome was founded.[38] In July, two FBI agents spoke with Cryptome on the phone after Cryptome published a Public Security Intelligence Agency personnel file.[26] The file listed 400 names, birthdates, and titles, notably included Director General Hidenao Toyoshima. The FBI expressed concerns over the file, but admitted it was legal to publish in the United States but not Japan. After speculation that the documents may have come from someone called "Shigeo Kifuji", Cryptome identified the source as Hironari Noda.[11]
  • 2003: In January 2003, Cryptome received a grand jury subpoena for site access logs from Massachusetts. Cryptome responded by saying that there were no logs.[55] Later that year, the FBI visited Cryptome to discuss recent postings "intended to expose national security gaps."[26]
  • 2004: New York City removed warning signs around gas mains after Cryptome posts pictures of them, citing security concerns.[56]
  • 2006: Cryptome became one of the early organizers of WikiLeaks.[14][15]
  • 2007: In the early part of the year, Young and Natsios left Wikileaks.[14][15] Cryptome published an archive of the secret, internal electronic mailing list of the Wikileaks organizers, from its inception through Young's departure from the group.[13] On April 20 the website received notice from its hosting company, Verio, that it would be evicted on May 4 for unspecified breaches of their acceptable use policy.[57][58] Cryptome alleged that the shutdown is a censorship attempt in response to posts about the Coast Guard's Deepwater program.[59]
  • 2010: Cryptome's Earthlink account was compromised, leading to its website being hacked and Cryptome's data copied.[60] In February, Cryptome is briefly shut down by Network Solutions for alleged DMCA violations after it posted a "Microsoft legal spy manual".[61][62][63] Microsoft withdraws the complaint 3 days later and the website is restored.[64] In March, PayPal stopped processing donations to Cryptome and froze the account due to "suspicious activities". The account was restored after an "investigation" by PayPal.[34][65]
  • 2011: In July, Cryptome named the alleged CIA analyst who found Osama bin Laden.[9] On August 31, Cryptome downloaded and decrypted the Cablegate files.[66][67][68] On September 1 Cryptome published the unredacted United States diplomatic cables leak a day before Wikileaks.[66][67][68][69] In September, Cryptome published a list of Intelligence and National Security Alliance members, alleging that they were spies.[70]
  • 2012: In February, the Cryptome website was hacked to infect visitors with malware.[71]
  • 2013: In February, Cryptome's website, email and Twitter account were compromised, exposing whistleblowers and sources that had corresponded with Cryptome via email. Cryptome blamed hackers Ruxpin and Sabu, who was an FBI informant at the time.[72][73] In June two US Secret Service agents visited Cryptome to request removal of a former presidential Bush family email allegedly hacked by Guccifer.[34] In August, a complaint about Cryptome's identification of alleged Japanese terrorists led Network Solutions to briefly shut down the site.[5] In October Cryptome informed its users that Network Solutions had generated logs of site's visitors, and that requests to delete the logs were not being honored.[74] (According to Network Solutions's website, logs are deleted after thirty days and Cryptome could choose to prevent the logging.[75])
  • 2014: Cryptome attempted to raise $100,000 to fund the website and its other disclosure initiatives.[6][76] In June, Cryptome was pulled offline again when malware was found infecting visitors to the site.[77] In July, Cryptome said it would publish the remaining NSA documents taken by Edward Snowden in the "coming weeks".[78]
  • 2015: In September, Cryptome announced that their encryption keys are compromised.[79] A few days later, Cryptome filed for incorporation in New York.[citation needed] Later that month, a GCHQ document leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the agency is monitoring visits to Cryptome.[80] In October, a sold edition (USB stick) of the Cryptome archive was observed to contain web server logs, containing clues to the identities of Cryptome visitors. The logs had been mailed out to users who ordered the site's archive at least since 2007.[81][82] Cryptome posted pictures of logs dating back to the site's creation, claiming that Cryptome is for sale. Cryptome later claimed that the sale is a parody and that "Cryptome has no logs, never has", noting that their "various ISPs have copious logs of many kinds" along with metadata and that Cryptome tracks these "to see what happens to our files".[58]
  • 2016: In April, Cryptome published thousands of credit-card numbers, passwords and personal information allegedly belonging to Qatar National Bank's clients.[83][84] In July, Cryptome alleged LinkNYC was "tracking Cryptome's movements through the city" after the company responded to Cryptome's social media posts by attempting to prevent them from photographing the company's installations.
  • 2020: In September, Cryptome testified that they published the unredacted cables before WikiLeaks, and were never contacted by law enforcement or instructed to remove them.[66][67][68]
  • 2022 In December, John Young wrote to the U.S. Justice Department saying that because he published the same leaked government documents at the centre of the U.S. case against Julian Assange, he should be indicted for violating the Espionage Act and a co-defendant at Assange's trial.[85]
  • 2023 In January, Cryptome said that Twitter, Inc. suspended permanently the @Cryptome_org Twitter account, citing no reason.[86][self-published source] In August, Crytome announced that the site would be closed until Julian Assange is freed.[7]

Relationship to WikiLeaks edit

In the 1990s, John Young and Julian Assange were in regular contact on the Cypherpunks mailing list.[87] In late 2006, John Young joined WikiLeaks' advisory board before its public launch. Young also acted as its public face by first registering the WikiLeaks domain. Young revealed that he was approached by Julian Assange and asked to be the public face of Wikileaks; Young agreed and his name was listed on the website's original domain registration form.[87]

In early 2007, Young and Natsios left Wikileaks due to concerns about the organizations' finances and fundraising, accusing it of being a "money-making operation" and "business intelligence" scheme, and expressing concern that the amount of money they sought "could not be needed so soon except for suspect purposes." On January 7 2007, he emailed the internal mailing list accusing WikiLeaks of "disinformation campaign against legitimate dissent" and "working for the enemy." 150 pages of emails were published on Cryptome, and Young publicly criticized the group for their lack of security, their showmanship, and their "dramatic, rigged, press shindigs." In 2008, Young changed his opinion of WikiLeaks and became supportive of them again, but still had reservations about their "self-promotional aspect, and its secrecy, its love of authoritativeness."[14][15][16][13][88]

In a 2010 interview with CNET.com John Young accused the organisation of a lack of transparency regarding its fundraising and financial management. He stated his belief that WikiLeaks could not guarantee whistleblowers the anonymity or confidentiality they claimed and that he "would not trust them with information if it had any value, or if it put me at risk or anyone that I cared about at risk."[89] Cryptome ended on bad terms with Wikileaks, with Young directly accusing them of selling classified material and calling them "a criminal organization". In a separate interview, he called Assange a narcissist and compared him to Henry Kissinger. Young also accused George Soros and the Koch brothers of "backing Wikileaks generously".[88]

In October 2015, WikiLeaks made a searchable archive of Cryptome.[90]

In September 2020, Cryptome testified that they published the unredacted diplomatic cables before WikiLeaks, and were never contacted by law enforcement or instructed to remove them.[66][67][68] In December 2022, John Young wrote to the U.S. Justice Department saying that, because he published the same leaked government documents at the centre of the U.S. case against Julian Assange, he should be indicted for violating the Espionage Act and a co-defendant at Assange's trial.[85] In August 2023, Crytome announced that the site would be closed until Julian Assange is freed.[7]

Reception edit

A 2004 The New York Times article assessed Cryptome with the headline, "Advise the Public, Tip Off the Terrorists" in its coverage of the site's gas pipeline maps.[56] Reader's Digest made an even more alarming assessment of the site in 2005, calling it an "invitation to terrorists" and alleging that Young "may well have put lives at risk".[19]

A 2007 Wired article criticized Cryptome for going "overboard".[91] The Village Voice featured Cryptome in its 2008 Best of NYC feature, citing its hosting of "photos, facts, and figures" of the Iraq War.[92]

WikiLeaks accused Cryptome of executing a "smear campaign" in 2010 after Cryptome posted what it said were email exchanges with WikiLeaks insiders, which WikiLeaks disputed.[60][93][94]

Cryptome was awarded the Defensor Libertatis (defender of liberty) award at the 2010 Big Brother Awards, for a "life in the fight against surveillance and censorship" and for providing "suppressed or otherwise censored documents to the global public". The awards committee noted that Cryptome had engaged with "every protagonist of the military-electronic monitoring complex".[95]

In 2012, Steven Aftergood, the director of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy, described Young and Cryptome as "fearless and contemptuous of any pretensions to authority" and "oblivious to the security concerns that are the preconditions of a working democracy. And he seems indifferent to the human costs of involuntary disclosure of personal information." Aftergood specifically criticized Cryptome's handling of the McGurk emails, saying "it's fine to oppose McGurk or anyone else. It wasn't necessary to humiliate them".[24][96]

In 2013, Cindy Cohn, then the legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, praised Cryptome as "a really important safety valve for the rest of us, as to what our government is up to."[45]

In 2014, Glenn Greenwald praised and criticized Cryptome, saying "There is an obvious irony to complaining that we're profiting from our work while [Cryptome] tries to raise $100,000 by featuring our work. Even though [Cryptome] occasionally does some repellent and demented things—such as posting the home addresses of Laura Poitras, Bart Gellman, and myself along with maps pointing to our homes—[they also do] things that are quite productive and valuable. On the whole, I'm glad there is a Cryptome and hope they succeed in raising the money they want."[6]

Giganews criticized Cryptome for posting unverified allegations which Giganews described as completely false and without evidence. Giganews went on to question Cryptome's credibility and motives, saying "Cryptome's failure to contact us to validate the allegations or respond to our concerns has lessened their credibility. It does not seem that Cryptome is in search for the truth, which leaves us to question what are their true motives."[97]

Peter Earnest, a 36-year veteran of the CIA turned executive director of the International Spy Museum and chairman of the board of directors of the Association for Intelligence Officers criticized Cryptome for publishing the names of spies, saying it does considerable damage and aids people that would do them harm.[42]

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Cryptome is an online library and 501 c 3 private foundation 1 created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios 2 3 4 5 6 and closed in 2023 7 The site collected information about freedom of expression privacy cryptography dual use technologies national security intelligence and government secrecy 4 CryptomeType of siteDocument archiveAvailable inEnglishEditorsJohn YoungDeborah NatsiosURLOfficial websiteLaunchedJune 1996 27 years ago 1996 06 Current statusActive Cryptome was known for publishing the alleged identities of people associated with the CIA the Stasi and the PSIA and British intelligence 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cryptome was one of the early organizers of WikiLeaks and published the alleged internal emails of the WikiLeaks organization 14 15 16 Cryptome republished the already public surveillance disclosures of Edward Snowden and claimed in June 2014 that they would publish all unreleased Snowden documents later that month 17 Cryptome has received praise from organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF but has also been the subject of criticism and controversy WikiLeaks has accused Cryptome of forging emails 18 and some of Cryptome s posted documents have been called an invitation to terrorists 19 The website has also been criticized for posting maps and pictures of dangerous Achilles heel s in the domestic infrastructure which The New York Times called a tip off to terrorists 20 ABC News also criticized them for posting information that terrorists could use to plan attacks 21 They continued to post controversial materials including guides on how to attack critical infrastructure in addition to other instructions for illegal hacking for those without the patience to wait for whistleblowers 22 23 Cryptome has also received criticism for its handling of embarrassing and private information 6 24 Contents 1 People 1 1 John Young 1 2 Deborah Natsios 1 2 1 Family 2 Policies 3 History 3 1 Relationship to WikiLeaks 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPeople editJohn Young edit John Young was born in 1935 He grew up in West Texas where his father worked in the oil field construction and on a decommissioned Texas POW camp 25 and Young later served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers in Germany 1953 56 and earned degrees in philosophy and architecture from Rice University 1957 63 and his graduate degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1969 A self identified radical he became an activist and helped create community service group Urban Deadline where his fellow student activists initially suspected him of being a police spy 26 27 28 Urban Deadline went on to receive citations from the Citizens Union of the City of New York and the New York City Council and which later evolved into Cryptome His work earned him a position on the nominating committee for the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design in 1998 29 30 31 He has received citations from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Legal Aid Society In 1993 he was awarded the Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition 30 32 33 He has stated he doesn t acknowledge the power of the law 34 Deborah Natsios edit Deborah Natsios grew up in CIA safe houses across Europe Asia and South America reserved for covert CIA station chiefs 25 26 She later received her graduate degree in architecture from Princeton University She has taught architecture and urban design at Columbia University and Parsons The New School for Design and held seminars at the Pratt Institute and the University of Texas 35 36 She is the principal of Natsios Young Architects 37 In addition to being co editor for Cryptome she is responsible for the associated project Cartome which was founded in 2011 38 and posts her original critical art and graphical images and other public resources to document sensitive areas She additionally holds a degree in mathematics from Smith College She has given talks at the USENIX Annual Technical Conference 39 and Architectures of Fear Terrorism and the Future of Urbanism in the West 38 and written on topics ranging from architectural theory 35 to defenses of Jim Bell and assassination politics 40 She is a notable critic of Edward Snowden 41 Family edit Natsios is the daughter of Nicholas Natsios who served as CIA station chief in Greece from 1948 1956 in Vietnam from 1956 1960 in France from 1960 1962 in South Korea from 1962 1965 in Argentina from 1965 1969 in the Netherlands from 1969 1972 and in Iran from 1972 1974 42 43 44 45 While stationed in Vietnam his deputy was William Colby the future Director of Central Intelligence 46 His name was included in the 1996 membership directory of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers which Cryptome helped to publish 47 Cryptome acknowledged its link to Nicholas Natsios in 2000 42 Policies editYoung has said of Cryptome We do expect to get false documents but it s not our job to sort that out 48 In another interview Young promoted skepticism about all sources of information saying Facts are not a trustworthy source of knowledge Cryptome is not an authoritative source 49 When asked about providing context for material Young said We do not believe in context That is authoritarian nonsense For the same reason we do not believe in verification authentication background 50 The front page of the Cryptome website states that documents are removed from this site only by order served directly by a US court having jurisdiction No court order has ever been served any order served will be published here or elsewhere if gagged by order 51 However documents have been removed at the request of both law enforcement as well as individuals 34 45 Cryptome has warned users that they do not have technical measures to protect the anonymity of their sources saying don t send us stuff and think that we ll protect you 52 History editThis is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources 1993 Young and Natsios get on the internet 28 1994 What became Cryptome began with Young and Natsios s participation in the Cypherpunks electronic mailing list and Urban Deadline 42 28 Natsios called this time seminal and transformative for the internet 53 1996 Cryptome was officially created out of their architectural practice 54 1999 In October journalist Declan McCullagh wrote about Young s perusal of the site s access logs 32 2000 Cartome was founded 38 In July two FBI agents spoke with Cryptome on the phone after Cryptome published a Public Security Intelligence Agency personnel file 26 The file listed 400 names birthdates and titles notably included Director General Hidenao Toyoshima The FBI expressed concerns over the file but admitted it was legal to publish in the United States but not Japan After speculation that the documents may have come from someone called Shigeo Kifuji Cryptome identified the source as Hironari Noda 11 2003 In January 2003 Cryptome received a grand jury subpoena for site access logs from Massachusetts Cryptome responded by saying that there were no logs 55 Later that year the FBI visited Cryptome to discuss recent postings intended to expose national security gaps 26 2004 New York City removed warning signs around gas mains after Cryptome posts pictures of them citing security concerns 56 2006 Cryptome became one of the early organizers of WikiLeaks 14 15 2007 In the early part of the year Young and Natsios left Wikileaks 14 15 Cryptome published an archive of the secret internal electronic mailing list of the Wikileaks organizers from its inception through Young s departure from the group 13 On April 20 the website received notice from its hosting company Verio that it would be evicted on May 4 for unspecified breaches of their acceptable use policy 57 58 Cryptome alleged that the shutdown is a censorship attempt in response to posts about the Coast Guard s Deepwater program 59 2010 Cryptome s Earthlink account was compromised leading to its website being hacked and Cryptome s data copied 60 In February Cryptome is briefly shut down by Network Solutions for alleged DMCA violations after it posted a Microsoft legal spy manual 61 62 63 Microsoft withdraws the complaint 3 days later and the website is restored 64 In March PayPal stopped processing donations to Cryptome and froze the account due to suspicious activities The account was restored after an investigation by PayPal 34 65 2011 In July Cryptome named the alleged CIA analyst who found Osama bin Laden 9 On August 31 Cryptome downloaded and decrypted the Cablegate files 66 67 68 On September 1 Cryptome published the unredacted United States diplomatic cables leak a day before Wikileaks 66 67 68 69 In September Cryptome published a list of Intelligence and National Security Alliance members alleging that they were spies 70 2012 In February the Cryptome website was hacked to infect visitors with malware 71 2013 In February Cryptome s website email and Twitter account were compromised exposing whistleblowers and sources that had corresponded with Cryptome via email Cryptome blamed hackers Ruxpin and Sabu who was an FBI informant at the time 72 73 In June two US Secret Service agents visited Cryptome to request removal of a former presidential Bush family email allegedly hacked by Guccifer 34 In August a complaint about Cryptome s identification of alleged Japanese terrorists led Network Solutions to briefly shut down the site 5 In October Cryptome informed its users that Network Solutions had generated logs of site s visitors and that requests to delete the logs were not being honored 74 According to Network Solutions s website logs are deleted after thirty days and Cryptome could choose to prevent the logging 75 2014 Cryptome attempted to raise 100 000 to fund the website and its other disclosure initiatives 6 76 In June Cryptome was pulled offline again when malware was found infecting visitors to the site 77 In July Cryptome said it would publish the remaining NSA documents taken by Edward Snowden in the coming weeks 78 2015 In September Cryptome announced that their encryption keys are compromised 79 A few days later Cryptome filed for incorporation in New York citation needed Later that month a GCHQ document leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the agency is monitoring visits to Cryptome 80 In October a sold edition USB stick of the Cryptome archive was observed to contain web server logs containing clues to the identities of Cryptome visitors The logs had been mailed out to users who ordered the site s archive at least since 2007 81 82 Cryptome posted pictures of logs dating back to the site s creation claiming that Cryptome is for sale Cryptome later claimed that the sale is a parody and that Cryptome has no logs never has noting that their various ISPs have copious logs of many kinds along with metadata and that Cryptome tracks these to see what happens to our files 58 2016 In April Cryptome published thousands of credit card numbers passwords and personal information allegedly belonging to Qatar National Bank s clients 83 84 In July Cryptome alleged LinkNYC was tracking Cryptome s movements through the city after the company responded to Cryptome s social media posts by attempting to prevent them from photographing the company s installations 2020 In September Cryptome testified that they published the unredacted cables before WikiLeaks and were never contacted by law enforcement or instructed to remove them 66 67 68 2022 In December John Young wrote to the U S Justice Department saying that because he published the same leaked government documents at the centre of the U S case against Julian Assange he should be indicted for violating the Espionage Act and a co defendant at Assange s trial 85 2023 In January Cryptome said that Twitter Inc suspended permanently the Cryptome org Twitter account citing no reason 86 self published source In August Crytome announced that the site would be closed until Julian Assange is freed 7 Relationship to WikiLeaks edit In the 1990s John Young and Julian Assange were in regular contact on the Cypherpunks mailing list 87 In late 2006 John Young joined WikiLeaks advisory board before its public launch Young also acted as its public face by first registering the WikiLeaks domain Young revealed that he was approached by Julian Assange and asked to be the public face of Wikileaks Young agreed and his name was listed on the website s original domain registration form 87 In early 2007 Young and Natsios left Wikileaks due to concerns about the organizations finances and fundraising accusing it of being a money making operation and business intelligence scheme and expressing concern that the amount of money they sought could not be needed so soon except for suspect purposes On January 7 2007 he emailed the internal mailing list accusing WikiLeaks of disinformation campaign against legitimate dissent and working for the enemy 150 pages of emails were published on Cryptome and Young publicly criticized the group for their lack of security their showmanship and their dramatic rigged press shindigs In 2008 Young changed his opinion of WikiLeaks and became supportive of them again but still had reservations about their self promotional aspect and its secrecy its love of authoritativeness 14 15 16 13 88 In a 2010 interview with CNET com John Young accused the organisation of a lack of transparency regarding its fundraising and financial management He stated his belief that WikiLeaks could not guarantee whistleblowers the anonymity or confidentiality they claimed and that he would not trust them with information if it had any value or if it put me at risk or anyone that I cared about at risk 89 Cryptome ended on bad terms with Wikileaks with Young directly accusing them of selling classified material and calling them a criminal organization In a separate interview he called Assange a narcissist and compared him to Henry Kissinger Young also accused George Soros and the Koch brothers of backing Wikileaks generously 88 In October 2015 WikiLeaks made a searchable archive of Cryptome 90 In September 2020 Cryptome testified that they published the unredacted diplomatic cables before WikiLeaks and were never contacted by law enforcement or instructed to remove them 66 67 68 In December 2022 John Young wrote to the U S Justice Department saying that because he published the same leaked government documents at the centre of the U S case against Julian Assange he should be indicted for violating the Espionage Act and a co defendant at Assange s trial 85 In August 2023 Crytome announced that the site would be closed until Julian Assange is freed 7 Reception editA 2004 The New York Times article assessed Cryptome with the headline Advise the Public Tip Off the Terrorists in its coverage of the site s gas pipeline maps 56 Reader s Digest made an even more alarming assessment of the site in 2005 calling it an invitation to terrorists and alleging that Young may well have put lives at risk 19 A 2007 Wired article criticized Cryptome for going overboard 91 The Village Voice featured Cryptome in its 2008 Best of NYC feature citing its hosting of photos facts and figures of the Iraq War 92 WikiLeaks accused Cryptome of executing a smear campaign in 2010 after Cryptome posted what it said were email exchanges with WikiLeaks insiders which WikiLeaks disputed 60 93 94 Cryptome was awarded the Defensor Libertatis defender of liberty award at the 2010 Big Brother Awards for a life in the fight against surveillance and censorship and for providing suppressed or otherwise censored documents to the global public The awards committee noted that Cryptome had engaged with every protagonist of the military electronic monitoring complex 95 In 2012 Steven Aftergood the director of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy described Young and Cryptome as fearless and contemptuous of any pretensions to authority and oblivious to the security concerns that are the preconditions of a working democracy And he seems indifferent to the human costs of involuntary disclosure of personal information Aftergood specifically criticized Cryptome s handling of the McGurk emails saying it s fine to oppose McGurk or anyone else It wasn t necessary to humiliate them 24 96 In 2013 Cindy Cohn then the legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation praised Cryptome as a really important safety valve for the rest of us as to what our government is up to 45 In 2014 Glenn Greenwald praised and criticized Cryptome saying There is an obvious irony to complaining that we re profiting from our work while Cryptome tries to raise 100 000 by featuring our work Even though Cryptome occasionally does some repellent and demented things such as posting the home addresses of Laura Poitras Bart Gellman and myself along with maps pointing to our homes they also do things that are quite productive and valuable On the whole I m glad there is a Cryptome and hope they succeed in raising the money they want 6 Giganews criticized Cryptome for posting unverified allegations which Giganews described as completely false and without evidence Giganews went on to question Cryptome s credibility and motives saying Cryptome s failure to contact us to validate the allegations or respond to our concerns has lessened their credibility It does not seem that Cryptome is in search for the truth which leaves us to question what are their true motives 97 Peter Earnest a 36 year veteran of the CIA turned executive director of the International Spy Museum and chairman of the board of directors of the Association for Intelligence Officers criticized Cryptome for publishing the names of spies saying it does considerable damage and aids people that would do them harm 42 See also edit nbsp Freedom of speech portal nbsp Politics portal Cryptome quotes Cypherpunks Distributed Denial of Secrets Espionage Open government WikiLeaksReferences edit Internal Revenue Service October 19 2015 Cryptome Tax Exempt Patrick Howell O Neill May 9 2014 Cryptome the original WikiLeaks launches 100 000 Kickstarter The Daily Dot Cox Joseph July 6 2014 Why All the Snowden Docs Should Be Public An Interview with Cryptome Vice a b Alexander J Martin September 16 2015 Cryptome founder revokes PGP keys after weird compromise The Register a b Cryptome suffers brief take down over Japanese terror files www theregister com a b c d Rosen Armin A Radical Pro Transparency Website Is Raising Money To Annoy Glenn Greenwald Business Insider a b c Cryptome cryptome org Retrieved September 7 2023 Whistleblowing Website Cryptome Hacked Conspiracy Theories Do Not Abound The New York Observer February 13 2012 a b How a White House Flickr Fail Outed Bin Laden Hunter CIA John The New York Observer July 12 2011 Bruce Gary 2010 The Firm The Inside Story of the Stasi Oxford University Press p 32 ISBN 9780195392050 a b McCullagh Declan July 21 2000 FBI Pressuring Spy Archivist Wired Archived from the original on December 28 2013 Retrieved December 28 2013 John Ware and Alasdair Palmer May 18 2003 Is he or isn t he The Daily Telegraph a b c Dan Duray December 8 2010 The Original Wikileaker The New York Observer a b c d Whalen Jeanne October 26 2010 Website for Leaked Data Shines Spotlight on WikiLeaks Wall Street Journal via www wsj com a b c d McCullagh Declan Wikileaks estranged co founder becomes a critic Q amp A CNET a b Exposed Wikileaks secrets Wired UK ISSN 1357 0978 Retrieved March 13 2022 More Edward Snowden Leaks on the Way New York based site Cryptome says it will publish the remaining NSA documents that Edward Snowden swiped July 2014 Zetter Kim October 6 2010 Cryptome Hacked Wired a b Crowley Michael That s Outrageous Let s Shut These Websites Down Reader s Digest Archived from the original on December 9 2006 Retrieved March 9 2013 Urbina Ian August 29 2004 Mapping Natural Gas Lines Advise the Public Tip Off the Terrorists The New York Times Web Site Raises Questions About Public Access to Sensitive Government Info ABC News Archived from the original on August 15 2004 How To Attack Critical Infrastructure No Bullshit Guide PDF HackBack cryptome org a b Lake Eli June 14 2012 The Man Behind the Blue Ball Emails Scandal That Snared Brett McGurk The Daily Beast a b The Whistleblower Architects surveillance infrastructure and freedom of information according to Cryptome part 1 a b c d Older quieter than WikiLeaks Cryptome perseveres AP News March 9 2013 Retrieved September 7 2023 Fowler Andrew 2020 The Most Dangerous Man In The World Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Fight for Freedom 2nd ed Melbourne Melbourne University Press ISBN 978 0 522 87685 7 a b c Greenberg Andy 2013 This machine kills secrets Julian Assange the cypherpunks and their fight to empower whistleblowers New York New York Plume book ISBN 978 0 14 218049 5 PROJECTS 1963 TO 1998 Archived from the original on December 19 2005 a b John Young CV Archived from the original on July 16 1998 Bibliography and Awards Archived from the original on April 16 2008 a b He Digs Through Gov t Muck Archived from the original on March 1 2000 DEBORAH NATSIOS AND JOHN YOUNG BIBLIOGRAPHY natsios young org a b c d A Discussion With Cryptome Gawker June 19 2013 Archived from the original on November 4 2013 Retrieved November 2 2013 a b Greig Crysler C Cairns Stephen Heynen Hilde January 10 2012 The SAGE Handbook of Architectural Theory SAGE Publications ISBN 9781412946131 Deborah Natsios Archived from the original on February 11 2018 Retrieved December 7 2018 Library Archived from the original on February 11 2018 Retrieved December 7 2018 a b c Natsios Young Research PDF Reversing the Panopticon Archived from the original on October 5 2011 Homeland Defense and the Prosecution of Jim Bell Archived from the original on February 9 2015 Warum ihr selbst auf die Snowden Dokumente zugreifen solltet February 5 2016 a b c d Secrets and Lies Archived from the original on March 24 2008 TLD Registry HNS Exchange for Decentralized Web Namebase Nicholas Natsios Obituary Legacy com a b c Older less flashy than WikiLeaks Cryptome perseveres as a favored site for sharing secrets Fox News March 9 2013 CIA and the House of Ngo Covert Action in South Vietnam 1954 63 PDF National Security Archive Assn Former Intelligence Officers Membership Directory 1996 Archived from the original on October 18 2015 THE INTERNET CIRCUMVENTION OF CENSORSHIP PDF Archived from the original PDF on November 13 2002 An Excerpt From This Machine Kills Secrets Meet The Spiritual Godfather Of Online Leaking Forbes LeaksWiki Continues and Cryptome Interview MIT Center for Civic Media Cryptome Archived from the original on November 11 2015 An Excerpt From This Machine Kills Secrets Meet The Spiritual Godfather Of Online Leaking part 2 Forbes Open Source Design 01 The architects of information www domusweb it Natsios Young Architects Archived from the original on July 16 1998 Cryptome Log Subpoenaed cryptome org Retrieved September 7 2023 a b Mapping Natural Gas Lines Advise the Public Tip Off the Terrorists The New York Times August 29 2004 Retrieved October 3 2015 Who Killed Cryptome org Wired a b Gohring Nancy April 30 2007 Verio dumps controversial Cryptome site Computerworld Retrieved March 9 2013 Cryptome to be Terminated by Verio NTT Slashdot slashdot org a b Zetter Kim October 6 2010 Secret Spilling Sources at Risk Following Cryptome Breach Wired via www wired com Quigley Robert February 24 2010 Site Leaks Microsoft Online Surveillance Guide MS Demands Takedown Under Copyright Law UPDATE 6 Geekosystem Retrieved March 9 2013 Diaz Jesus February 24 2010 The Secret Government Surveillance Document Microsoft Doesn t Want You To See Gizmodo Retrieved March 9 2013 Microsoft Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook PDF Wired February 24 2010 Retrieved March 9 2013 Cryptome Restored After Microsoft DMCA Takedown PCMag com February 25 2010 Retrieved March 9 2013 Now PayPal Goes for Cryptome Suspends Account Fast Company March 8 2010 Retrieved May 14 2013 a b c d Extradition Hearing Defend WikiLeaks Retrieved March 13 2022 permanent dead link a b c d Reference Assange Extradition Hearing cryptome org Retrieved March 13 2022 a b c d US informants not harmed by leaked documents Assange extradition hearing told The Northern Echo September 16 2020 Retrieved March 13 2022 Quinn Ben September 24 2020 US has never asked WikiLeaks rival to remove leaked cables court told the Guardian Storm Darlene September 19 2011 3 000 Intelligence officials names emails leaked as INSA spies Computerworld Goodin Dan February 13 2012 Breaches galore as Cryptome hacked to infect visitors with malware Ars Technica Cryptome site Twitter and email account hacked again February 13 2013 Kovacs Eduard February 13 2013 Cryptome Email Website and Twitter Account Hacked softpedia Network Solutions Log File Spying cryptome org Tools and Tips Archives Network Solutions Blog Cryptome Kills the Kickstarter an interview with John Young July 24 2014 Cryptome pulled OFFLINE due to malware infection Founder cries foul www theregister com More Edward Snowden Leaks on the Way Vocativ July 1 2014 Someone Stole the Encryption Keys of WikiLeaks Precursor Cryptome www vice com September 16 2015 Gallagher Ryan September 25 2015 From Radio to Porn British Spies Track Web Users Online Identities The Intercept Retrieved October 3 2015 Leak site Cryptome accidentally leaks its own visitor IP addresses The Daily Dot October 9 2015 Retrieved October 11 2015 Cryptome grudgingly admits to leak of users ancient IP addresses The Register Parasie Nicolas Fitch Asa April 27 2016 Qatar National Bank Probes Alleged Leak of Clients Data Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved April 30 2016 Ragan Steve April 27 2016 Examining the leaked passwords and PINs from Qatar National Bank CSO Online Retrieved April 30 2016 a b Cryptome Founder Says He Should Be Prosecuted with Julian Assange for Publishing Classified Docs Democracy Now December 1 2022 Retrieved December 3 2022 Twitter has permanently suspended Cryptome org today No specific violation provided January 13 2023 Retrieved January 13 2023 a b Fowler Andrew 2020 The Most Dangerous Man In The World Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Fight for Freedom 2nd ed Melbourne Melbourne University Press ISBN 978 0 522 87685 7 a b Wikileaks are for hire mercenaries Cryptome www theregister com McCullagh Declan July 20 2010 Wikileaks estranged co founder becomes a critic Q amp A Privacy Inc CNET News News cnet com Archived from the original on November 30 2010 Retrieved December 1 2010 WikiLeaks October 19 2015 ANNOUNCE WikiLeaks Cryptome search Search 60 824 spying related documents Twitter Retrieved December 6 2022 Who Killed Cryptome org Wired John Young and Deborah Natsios 2008 War of the Nerds The Battle Over Wikileaks Archived from the original on March 4 2016 WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Fights Calls to Step Down Fox News March 27 2015 Preistraeger Big Brother Awards Steven Aftergood It s a Gigahoax Giganews is NOT an FBI Operation www giganews com September 16 2014 External links editOfficial website nbsp Cryptome dataset 1996 2016 102 000 files on the Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cryptome amp oldid 1222568678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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