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Taliban forgets to bcc an e-mail, reveals its entire PR mailing list of over 400 people

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  1. AroundTheWorld

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    http://thenextweb.com/shareables/20...ts-entire-pr-mailing-list-of-over-400-people/

    Taliban spokesperson Qari Mohammad Yousef Ahmadi apparently needs a lesson in the difference between carbon copy (CC) and blind carbon copy (BCC). His slipup has resulted in the leaking of the group’s entire PR mailing list, which includes over 400 email addresses belonging to journalists, members of government, academics, and activists.

    In other words, the list features journalists and a bunch of more important people that probably don’t want it to be known they’re on it. More specifically, ABC News analysed it and says it includes “an address appearing to belong to a provincial governor, an Afghan legislator, several academics and activists, an Afghan consultative committee, and a representative of Gulbuddein Hekmatar, an Afghan warlord whose outlawed group Hezb-i-Islami is believed to be behind several attacks against coalition troops.”

    Ahmadi regularly sends out mass emails with press releases highlighting the Taliban’s latest activities, but apparently this time he decided to simply forward a press release he received from Zabihullah Mujahid, another Taliban spokesperson. In doing so, Ahmadi decided to CC the whole mailing list, resulting in the full leaking out to everyone on it.

    In case you want to avoid making the same mistake and don’t known the difference, we’ll spell it out for you. CC is for simultaneously sending copies of an email to secondary recipients, and BCC is the same, except that recipients listed are not shown details of any other recipients. In other words, if you want to protect your recipients, use BCC.

    If I was on that list, I would be a little worried. On a more amusing note, I would also hope nobody decides to hit the “Reply All” button.
     
    #1 AroundTheWorld, Nov 16, 2012
  2. Big MAK

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    #2 Big MAK, Nov 16, 2012
  3. bigtexxx

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    I'm just impressed that they know how to use email.
     
    #3 bigtexxx, Nov 16, 2012
  4. Rocketman95

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    Just not very well!
     
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    sounds like a major screw up but could also be attempt to implicate or frame. what if obama's email was in that list OOHH!!!!! :eek:
     
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    One thing that comes to mind... it's not as if being on some self-promoting terrorist's email list is *your* fault. Email addresses can be obtained through a variety of ways, sometimes illegitimate means. I'm guessing Al Qaeda isn't above the concept of spamming.

    FORWARD THIS EMAIL OF US CONQUERING THE WEST TO 10 FRIENDS IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES OR YOU WILL RECEIVE JIHAD FOR 1000 YEARS
     
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    lucky for us they are stupid.
     
    #7 LosPollosHermanos, Nov 16, 2012
  8. JuanValdez

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    I'm not really seeing the danger in it. You could be there because you're a friend, or you're an enemy, you're a reporter, or you have power in some area relevant to their jihad. How is that useful to anyone? I suppose it allows people on the list to spam and trash-talk one another now.
     
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  9. Classic

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    LOL, nice
     
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    If you subscribed to the Taliban Mailing list, I would imagine one would create a fake email address first.
     
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  11. AroundTheWorld

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    Sounds like you know how to do it!
     
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    Oh, COLD BUSTED! OPUM HALAL STYLE!
     
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    Tell us more on how you receive your edition of 'The Taliban Weekly.'

    BTW: Are you allowed to fly on planes yet?
    :grin:
     
    #13 IzakDavid13, Nov 16, 2012
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