Cryptome is an online library and 501(c)(3) private foundation[1] created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios[2][3][4][5][6] and closed in 2023.[7] The site collected information about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy.[4]
Cryptome was known for publishing the alleged identities of people associated with the CIA, the Stasi, and the PSIA and British intelligence.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Cryptome was one of the early organizers of WikiLeaks and published the alleged internal emails of the WikiLeaks organization.[14][15][16] Cryptome republished the already public surveillance disclosures of Edward Snowden and claimed in June 2014 that they would publish all unreleased Snowden documents later that month.[17]
Cryptome has received praise from organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), but has also been the subject of criticism and controversy. WikiLeaks has accused Cryptome of forging emails[18] and some of Cryptome's posted documents have been called an "invitation to terrorists."[19] The website has also been criticized for posting maps and pictures of "dangerous Achilles' heel[s] in the domestic infrastructure," which The New York Times called a "tip off [to] terrorists."[20] ABC News also criticized them for posting information that terrorists could use to plan attacks.[21] They continued to post controversial materials including guides on "how to attack critical infrastructure" in addition to other instructions for illegal hacking "for those without the patience to wait for whistleblowers".[22][23] Cryptome has also received criticism for its handling of embarrassing and private information.[6][24]
^Internal Revenue Service (October 19, 2015). "Cryptome Tax Exempt".
^Patrick Howell O'Neill (May 9, 2014). "Cryptome, the original WikiLeaks, launches $100,000 Kickstarter". The Daily Dot.
^Cox, Joseph (July 6, 2014). "Why All the Snowden Docs Should Be Public: An Interview with Cryptome". Vice.
^ abAlexander J Martin (September 16, 2015). "Cryptome founder revokes PGP keys after weird 'compromise'". The Register.
^"Cryptome suffers brief take-down over Japanese 'terror' files". www.theregister.com.
^ abRosen, Armin. "A Radical Pro-Transparency Website Is Raising Money To Annoy Glenn Greenwald". Business Insider.
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^"Whistleblowing Website Cryptome Hacked, Conspiracy Theories Do Not Abound". The New York Observer. February 13, 2012.
^"How a White House Flickr Fail Outed Bin Laden Hunter 'CIA John'". The New York Observer. July 12, 2011.
^Bruce, Gary (2010). The Firm: The Inside Story of the Stasi. Oxford University Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780195392050.
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^John Ware and Alasdair Palmer (May 18, 2003). "Is he or isn't he?". The Daily Telegraph.
^Dan Duray (December 8, 2010). "The Original Wikileaker". The New York Observer..
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^"More Edward Snowden Leaks on the Way? New York-based site Cryptome says it will publish the remaining NSA documents that Edward Snowden swiped". July 2014.
^Zetter, Kim (October 6, 2010). "Cryptome Hacked". Wired.
^Crowley, Michael. "That's Outrageous – Let's Shut These Websites Down". Reader's Digest. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
^Urbina, Ian (August 29, 2004). "Mapping Natural Gas Lines: Advise the Public, Tip Off the Terrorists". The New York Times.
^"Web Site Raises Questions About Public Access to Sensitive Government Info". ABC News. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004.
^"How To Attack Critical Infrastructure, No-Bullshit Guide" (PDF).
^"HackBack!". cryptome.org.
^Lake, Eli (June 14, 2012). "The Man Behind the 'Blue Ball' Emails Scandal That Snared Brett McGurk". The Daily Beast.
Cryptome is an online library and 501(c)(3) private foundation created in 1996 by John Young and Deborah Natsios and closed in 2023. The site collected...
Report], cryptome.quintessenz.at/mirror/scappaticci.htm; accessed 5 June 2014. Transcript of Scappaticci speaking to the Cook Report, cryptome.org; accessed...
Conference, day 1". Cryptome. Retrieved April 7, 2019. Georgoudis, Dianelos. "Live from the Second AES Conference, day 2". Cryptome. Retrieved April 7...
or employ a feminine pronoun." On March 14, the digital library host Cryptome posted an unsigned public copy of a court document, filed March 10, wherein...
operator of the website Cryptome testified at Assange's extradition hearing that the unredacted cables were published by Cryptome on 1 September, the day...
Assange's War on Secrecy WikiLeaks Party World Tomorrow Related websites Cryptome Distributed Denial of Secrets Truth & Transparency Foundation Category...
New York Daily News. Retrieved April 16, 2024. "SALVATORE VITALE" (PDF). Cryptome. October 26, 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2023. "Michael Mancuso". New York...
2018. Retrieved December 9, 2023. "Drugs and Crime Gang Profile" (PDF). cryptome.org. 2003. Retrieved July 3, 2017. FBI file on the Gangster Disciples Gang...
W87 warheads. "Kirtland Underground Munitions Storage Complex Birdseye". cryptome.org. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2023...
Assange's War on Secrecy WikiLeaks Party World Tomorrow Related websites Cryptome Distributed Denial of Secrets Truth & Transparency Foundation Category...
2015-12-30. Retrieved 2020-02-28. "CNSA Suite and Quantum Computing FAQ" (PDF). cryptome.org. January 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2023. "Use of public standards for...
Testimony at 1982 House Hearing on Home Recording of Copyrighted Works". Cryptome.org. Retrieved 2010-05-31. "A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost...
Richard Kyanka, owner of the website Something Awful, in September 2005, Cryptome in March 2010, or April Winchell, the owner of Regretsy, in December 2011...
Retrieved 13 November 2020. "Martin McGuinness Wiretap Transcripts". Cryptome.org. Archived from the original on 10 December 2005. Retrieved 28 September...
operator of the website Cryptome, testified at Assange's extradition hearing that the unredacted cables were published by Cryptome on 1 September, the day...
unredacted cables were published by Cryptome a day before WikiLeaks. Cryptome's owner, John Young, testified in 2020 that Cryptome has never been asked by US law...
Assange's War on Secrecy WikiLeaks Party World Tomorrow Related websites Cryptome Distributed Denial of Secrets Truth & Transparency Foundation Category...
stopped being led like sheep" - Ingram interview with the Sunday Tribune, cryptome.quintessenz.org, 19 February 2006. Lengthy Interview given by Martin Ingram...
Electronic Espionage: A Memoir". Ramparts. 11 (2): 35–50. "Ramparts interview". Cryptome archive. 1988. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21...
Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. "Socrates Kokkalis and the STASI". cryptome.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 13 September...
spies". The Week. "Eyeballing the CIA/NSA Special Collection Service". Cryptome. May 13, 2002. Archived from the original on June 9, 2018. Several years...
country was Iraq, but on May 19, an analysis published on the website Cryptome identified the country as Afghanistan. Several days later, on May 23, WikiLeaks...
Frontier Foundation (EFF) John Young: anti-secrecy activist and co-founder of Cryptome Philip Zimmermann: original creator of PGP v1.0 (1991); co-founder of PGP...
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