WhaleLeaks; the sequel

Cameron Slater has been reasonably quiet with regards to the WhaleLeaks story in the last week or so. He claims to have more interesting revelations; we guess that the veracity of that claim will be proven or otherwise in the fullness of time.

But things have taken a sinister turn; he blogs:

When I broke the story of Labour’s appalling infor­ma­tion and pri­vacy secu­rity with their wide open site I fully expected that they would retaliate.

I knew they would attack my men­tal health, attack my employ­ment sta­tus and attack my integrity. I also knew they would attack my site.

Yes­ter­day I received con­fir­ma­tion from my third inde­pen­dent source that Labour has put out a con­tract amongst the hack­ing com­mu­nity to deface or take down my site. All sources con­firm that the job has a price and that senior Labour fig­ures are the ones request­ing the attack.

They will of course deny it, but the sim­ple fact is that peo­ple are talk­ing and peo­ple are angry that such a job is out there. Two of my snitches are left lean­ing, one is a Green mem­ber. They were appalled by the suggestion.

I have been told that no one as yet has accepted the job. Labour and their con­duits are being turned down flat.

If what is being alleged is true, it's outrageous. One can understand Labour being embarrassed at their lack of website security being exposed. But to retaliate in the way that has been outlined by Slater is not only an outrage; it is criminal.

Cameron Slater may not be everyone's cup of tea. But as he demonstrated by video, he did nothing illegal in exposing how easy it was to extract information from the Labour websites. He has not, as was suggested released vast tracts of individuals' personal information and for that he should be commended. And he actually did Labour a favour by giving them an opportunity to close up the loopholes. We're sure that he will have taken added precautions to secure his own site.

If anyone from Labour is involved in what has been alleged today, it is a serious matter, and we would urge them to call off the dogs. We will be watching developments with interest.