buffaloswing | 12 points | Nov 21 2016 03:39:44

How would you open Wikileaks' insurance files?

I downloaded three "insurance files." And I just saw this on Twitter

Let's assume that's "the key" for a moment. What do you do with it? I don't know how to open these files. Thank you.

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whatevenisapoint | 3 points | Nov 21 2016 04:19:32

Aescrypt

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redditmodssuckass | 2 points | Nov 21 2016 06:01:49

Since no one has honestly answered you or everyone that responded doesn't know, ill post how to do it:

If you enter the right password, it will decrypt.

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buffaloswing | 3 points | Nov 21 2016 06:03:53

Thank you very much!

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redditmodssuckass | 2 points | Nov 21 2016 06:17:20

Anytime. Good luck!

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lo-lite | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 10:38:11

THANK YOU

Was wondering myself as well

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trabidius | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 03:41:59

Encryption keys that we haven't been given yet. They're supposed to be released upon Assanges death. But.. we'll see. Keep them though.

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buffaloswing | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:06:24

Three torrent files were released around the same time as this tweet. If this tweet is the key to any of the three files, I just don't know what to do next. Unarchiver doesn't recognize it.

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trabidius | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:16:39

Anything to do with aes256 but tbh I don't know. I figure l33t hackers will know the keys when they see them. The information in those files are supposedly WW3 material. I wish there was some sort of think tank dedicated to these types of issues.

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taxtaxtaxtaxtax | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 03:44:25

I think it's bullshit. Wikileaks hasn't tweeted anything since this morning.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/with_replies

I don't know how to open the files even if that is the key, but that looks like too short a key to me.

Edit: maybe they were tweeted then deleted. There is a large part of the community that thinks that Wikileaks is compromised, and that Assange is dead or has been captured. It could be that they tweeted it then the government deleted the tweet. Archive that twitter post.

r/whereisassange

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justforthissubred | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 03:55:56

Wikileaks is not stupid and relying on only twitter. They have contingencies.

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taxtaxtaxtaxtax | 2 points | Nov 21 2016 04:00:00

We haven't seen proof of life of Assange in over a month. There was an interview recently released that was purportedly from October 30, but many people think it was recorded earlier. He's been in the embassy for 4 years, and it's possible that the government infiltrated the organization and managed to eliminate all the contingencies. It's also possible that the people with the insurance file keys are waiting to be absolutely sure before they release. A 3rd possibility is that Assange is still fine in the embassy and all the people at r/whereisassange are worried for no reason.

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justforthissubred | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 06:46:27

I agree with everything you said. He could also be held hostage. That would explain no switch as well.

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BeardedGirl | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 03:57:08

The tweet OP linked to is from Nov 7th, not today.

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taxtaxtaxtaxtax | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:02:15

You're right. He said he just saw it, and I didn't notice the date. Thanks.

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buffaloswing | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:04:54

The tweet is dated November 7, around the same time he linked the files.

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CredAndBercuses | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 03:46:09

Likely the files will be archived (compressed/encrypted), and the key will be requested as soon as you try to extract the file.

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buffaloswing | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:07:56

The torrents have been available for download since November 8. Scroll down about 1/5 of the page here http://archive.is/YKu0V

I torrented them. Now what? Thank you.

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CredAndBercuses | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:21:29

You pretty much have to wait until they tweet the actual keys, or get obscenely lucky brute forcing it (nigh on impossible).

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buffaloswing | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:27:55

So you don't think the cryptic number in the tweet is the keys?

I have 2 things: 1. Set of 3 files , 2. this tweet

It seems logical they should complement each other, but I don't know anything about this encryption thing, so I'm asking for help.

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CredAndBercuses | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:30:44

Yeah I didn't download the insurance files at all 'cause I was somewhat worried about my IP being listed as a peer, I don't even know what format they're in. That could be the key. It doesn't look like a typical keyphrase but you can make them anything you want, and chunks of 4 characters are easy to write down/read.

Maybe someone else with the actual files will be able to help more, sorry.

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buffaloswing | 1 points | Nov 21 2016 04:32:17

Maybe someone else with the actual files will be able to help more, sorry.

Yeah that's what I'm looking for. Thank you for your input.

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