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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTaliban fails to BCC an e-mail, reveals its entire PR mailing list
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/11/taliban-fails-to-bcc-an-e-mail-reveals-its-entire-pr-mailing-list/http://abcnews.go.com/International/taliban-accidentally-reveal-identities-mailing-list-members/story?id=17737950#.UKaAeaVqtlL
An apparent slip of the hand by a Taliban spokesperson has revealed the members of the groups mailing list, according to a report Friday from ABC News. The 400 e-mail addresses include many journalists, but also a few members of government as well as academics and activists.
The Taliban regularly sends e-mail blasts with press releases highlighting its latest activities, usually from the e-mail account of spokesperson Qari Yousuf Ahmedi. But this time, the press release Ahmedi intended to send was forwarded from account of another spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid. Ahmedi forwarded the e-mail on to the mailing list, but CCd all 400 members, rather than BCCing them, so the full list of e-mail addresses was laid bare to all who received it.
According to ABC News, the list included a provincial governor, an Afghan legislator and an Afghan consultative committee. We can only imagine the chain of reply-alls that followed, but were certain its the stuff nightmares are made of.
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Taliban fails to BCC an e-mail, reveals its entire PR mailing list (Original Post)
LiberalArkie
Nov 2012
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Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)1. Awesome
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)2. More importantly
Is the Taliban still using their old AOL account?
Robb
(39,665 posts)3. Oh, man. I've totally done that.
(The first step in conflict resolution is defining common ground.)
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)4. Slow golf clap...
That damn bcc! LOL!
Robb
(39,665 posts)5. Kick, because I'm still laughing about this.
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)6. oh noooooooes!!!