A cache of more than 5m emails taken from an attack on the company's servers in December 2011 is currently being published by WikiLeaks, but the indictment documents reveal that straight after the attack, Sabu offered an FBI-owned server to store the cache – which was quickly accepted.
"btw I started unpacking on [CW-1]'s new server," an online identity alleged to be Hammond notes.
This not only gave the FBI access to review or even potentially amend the cache, but also an inside track on Anonymous' discussions on how to use the documents, and potentially – though not revealed within the files unsealed to date – conversations between Anonymous and WikiLeaks.
The US department of justice has convened a grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks, based in Virginia. If through Sabu or information he had gleaned from other Anons the US could glean any evidence to tie Julian Assange to hacking attacks on US soil, such as Stratfor, the case for extradition would be substantially strengthened.
The extent of communication between WikiLeaks and Anonymous regarding the Stratfor leak is currently unknown.
Throughout the logs detailed in the indictments published to date, the informer talks to other hackers in the room, at one stage even proposing publishing private password details: "Wanna release that list of 92% cracked stratfor hashes?" he asks. "Hrm, your call..." the defendent replies. "I'd err on the side of no, so that way we can more fully exploit."
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