WikiLeaks Releasing 2.4 Million Emails From Syria Files

WikiLeaks has begun releasing 2.4 million emails from Syria, many of which it claims were written by government officials and Syrian businesses.

The secret-sharing organization made the announcement about the emails, which it's calling the "Syria Files," Thursday morning in multiple languages on Twitter. Its main servers were shortly thereafter overloaded with either "[hacking] or popularity," according to @WikiLeaks, which sent out alternate links for downloading the data dump.

ALERT: WikiLeaks begins release of the Syria Files: over 2.4 million documents from 680 entities wikileaks.org fb.me/27RqNhxqx— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) July 5, 2012

WikiLeaks main servers are being ov…
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