[jugad]

The author should really add this in the beginning of the article...

"Any set of emails this large containing attachments is bound to contain malware, viruses, trojans and other malicious software - just like anybody's inbox which receives more than 5 mails a day. This is a reminder to everyone downloading this data to handle it with caution. Do no execute code, and view things only inside constrained network isolated virtual machines".

The way its worded right now seems to point fingers at wikileaks.

[joshwieder]

Did you read the article past the first paragraph? I explicitly state I am not pointing fingers at anyone in the article in paragraph 6: "I have no information linking Wikileaks, Asssange, Hammond, Monsegur, the FBI or anyone else directly with these malicious files. That very well may change quickly as research progresses, but at no point should this post be considered finger pointing. The purpose of this post is not to assign responsibility but to ensure that the journalists and activists downloading these files or who have already downloaded these files understand the consequences and take proper precautions."