On 18 February 2014 07:45, Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > The coverage I've read so far seems to suggest > that he had legitimate access to the data and didn't exploit > implementation details of the security system (Well the technical > implementation. Arguably he exploited implementation weaknesses in the > social structure that made him a trusted entity in the system with no > checks against mass downloading). But again, who knows what really > happened. > > --bawolff > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >
This is the impression I had as well. Snowden's been described in various reports as a sysadmin, and supposedly had "top secret" clearance. As for the software, we already know about Intellipedia (intelligence community) [1], Bureaupedia (FBI) [2], and Diplopedia (State Department) [3] - all apparently using MediaWiki. So it doesn't surprise me that the NSA are using it too. Pete / the wub [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellipedia [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaupedia [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplopedia _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
