Posted on 02/05/2010 9:05:54 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia requires some digital forensic skills – and an insight into the mindset of those who were trying to get at CRU's files at the time.
Analysis by the Guardian and digital forensics experts suggests that an outside hacker gained access to a server at the UEA which held backups of CRU emails and a collection of staff documents. It also suggests the access occurred over a period of days, if not weeks, and was carried out from a computer based on the east coast of north America.
The release of hacked emails and documents came just months after climate change sceptics had filed more than 50 freedom of information requests querying the CRU's refusal to release of raw data and program code during the summer.
Egged on by a group of sceptical bloggers, the requests almost all began with the words "I hereby make a EIR/FoI request in respect to any confidentiality agreements restricting transmission of CRUTEM data to non-academics involing the following countries." Others sought "a copy of any digital version of the CRUTEM station data set that has been sent from CRU to Peter Webster and/or any other person at Georgia Tech". All were refused under FoI exemptions because of commercial confidentiality.
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I’d like to see the emails of Government officials along with the scum bag liberal scientists. They are all a bunch of liars trying to fool the public.
Somebody wanted the truth to be told.
Yeah that’s what I’m thinking. Somebody didn’t like the way careers were being destroyed and the public misled so they let the truth be known.
There was no .nfo file in the release of the docs. It’s probably an inside job.
I liked it,....my dream working computer room...one computer is never enough...LOL!
Hahahahaha. That photo is hilarious. Oh, Lord.
I don’t care who or why, I’m just glad they did.
Thou shalt not covet. LOL
fyi
OK... I confess... Ya got me...
Yes, the big issue is who did it. Millions will be spent and countless hour to uncover the person responsible. the fact that what was revealed is true is unimportant. The lie must be protected and perpetuated. Go after the truth telling villian.
This will go down as one of the greatest hacks in digital history...good job, whoever you are.
Yes....they are included in zipped hack files probably 99% of the time.
If I wanted to make the “hacker” appear truly evil, I would have hung some guns on the wall and maybe put an oil drilling rig outside the window.
Give him a NASCAR cap too. Obviously the dude is living in his mom’s basement as well.
Look for someone in the upper echelons of the warming scam who has had a recent struggle with conscience, politically or spiritually. Truth is anathema to the left, so this person should be detectable. Just look for someone who seems to be a little too honest.
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I guarantee he drives an SUV and keeps one more idling in the driveway 24 hours a day.
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