[nkurz]

Here's the question that interests me: how much is this information worth, and to whom? Who stole and published this information, and why?

Given the amount of money in play here, the value of this release to certain parties is enormous. What would a multinational oil company be willing to pay to derail Copenhagen? What would the Chinese government pay to avoid being subject to global CO2 emissions rules down the road?

While this is probably an inside job by a disgruntled IT worker, if this was a paid job the value delivered is truly enormous: definitely hundreds of millions of dollars, and conceivably much more.

Is there any level of data security that can protect against such a large incentive?