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Wikileaks server for sale on eBay


Wow! This one might have "wreck me!" written all over it. lmao!

Wikileaks server for sale on eBay

 

cut to the quick here

Wikileaks primary web server, a Dell Poweredge R410 server

The notorious physical server that changed the world.

 

 

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uh-huh... easily predictable.

(emphasis mine)

 

 

 

 

Teen Drops $33K on Historic Wikileaks Server Using Dad's eBay Account

By Robert McMillan

09.12.13

After 10 days and 93 bids, an historic server used to host Wikileaks' treasure trove of secret documents has sold on eBay - to a 17-year-old who used his dad's email account without permission.

Swedish ISP Bahnhof, which had hosted Wikileaks for about eight months starting back in 2010, decided to sell the server last week, hoping to raise money for two charities: Reporters Without Borders and the 5th of July Foundation, a digital rights group.

The winning bid was $33,000. But according to Bahnhof CEO John Karlung, soon after the auction closed this morning, he got a message from the buyer, saying he wants to back out of the deal. His son bought the item without his knowledge or permission.

 

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This is interesting. The wired page shows this was tweeted 331 times. Yet if you search the exact term on twitter, there's only a handful of results. I wonder why that is?

 

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