Wikileaks was founded in 2006 by Australian computer programmer and activist Julian Assange, it’s first scoop was posted on the website on December 29, 2006. [1, 2, 3]
Wikileaks is a multi-national, award winning, media organization and whistleblower platform that specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise leaked restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption. There are many mirrored sites in various countries.
“We believe that transparency in government activities leads to reduced corruption, better government and stronger democracies.”
WikiLeaks received its first batch of sensitive documents not from a whistleblower but from The Onion Router (Tor), an encryption network designed to allow users to transmit data anonymously. By early 2007 Wikileaks had “received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.”
Wikileaks has helped to reveal the level of corruption in the world: Climategate, Hillary’s private and DNC emails, John Podesta emails, Guantánamo Bay, wars, CIA, chlorine dioxide, Vault 7, and so much more.