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Here's an example: https://wikileaks.org/sony/emails/emailid/112147

In 2014 Sony's German website was hacked and a file was replaced that served malware. The site inlcuded a database of 50,000 people's names and email addresses. Sony didn't tell anyone there had been a hack. The news of it broken in December[1] because of Wikileaks. Corporations cover up things that affect their customers. That is wrong.

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2014/12/15/sony-p...




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