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Leak the Planet: Veritatem Cognoscere Non Pereat Mundus

Emma BestXan North

Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) founders Emma Best and Xan North discuss the archiving, ethical curation, and investigative impact of public data leaks.

Summary

The Proliferation of Massive Data Leaks

From misconfigured cloud buckets and hacktivist breaches to insider whistleblowers, public interest datasets are leaking at unprecedented volumes.

Archiving and Indexing Complex Datasets with DDoSecrets

Emma Best and Xan North explain the technical infrastructure required to securely ingest, verify, sanitize, and index terabytes of leaked materials for journalists.

Ethical Curation and Balancing Public Interest vs. Privacy

The speakers explore the rigorous ethical protocols used to redact sensitive personal data, medical records, and PII before public indexing.

The Vital Role of Leaks in Investigative Accountability

The presentation highlights major investigations enabled by leak archives and advocates for secure, independent archiving infrastructure.

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