Re: Whistleblowing? (was Re: [asa] Hadley files stolen and published on the internet...)

Interesting....

Every reference I had so far seen has been to "hacking" - so why is it
"certain" that this is an inside job?

I know from their press-release <http://tinyurl.com/yfdxeo9> the
institution concerned has launched an internal investigation - but
surely that's par for the course? Their Univ. of East Anglia is,
according to that press release, not saying anything that casts any
light on the issue.

On the other hand, the fact that one has to launch an investigation
means, does it not, that the source is unknown and hence whistle-blowing
is ruled out by definition?

Perhaps we need to add "leak" as a third category of activity which lies
somewhere between "whistleblowing" and "hacking"?

What fun!

Blessings,
Murray

John Walley wrote:
> It is certain this was an inside job, thus whistleblowing, not hacking.
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> Subject: Whistleblowing? (was Re: [asa] Hadley files stolen and published on the internet...)
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> "Whistleblowing" is when somebody from INSIDE an organization - a person fully appraised of the entire picture - comes out and says "the truth is THIS" and then proceeds to lay bare the questionable behaviours which occur inside an organization.
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> "Hacking" is when somebody from OUTSIDE an organization - a person not fully appraised of the entire picture - goes in and makes public information which is necessarily divorced from the organizational context.
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