I feel obligated to clarify. Cryptome has said ""Admission of leaked
   logs" is rather generously overstated of what we specifically
   understated." and "Rigged and disinfo remain valid. You overstated the
   disclosure. Leaking is press exaggeration."
   [1]https://twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/652581186036989953
   [2]https://twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/652581918215684096
   Not sure how I was right AND the info is rigged and disinfo...

   On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Michael Best <[3]themikebest@gmail.com>
   wrote:

   Most up to date version:
   [4]http://that1archive.neocities.org/subfolder1/cryptome-admits-leak.ht
   ml
   Before reading this, I recommend reading my first post raising concerns
   that the alleged GCHQ Cryptome slide from [5]could be a mockup,
   followed by my disclosure of [6]Cryptome's leaked user logs.

   After [7]refusing to comment, denying it, accusing it of [8]being
   disinfo, accusing me of [9]stealing data, accusing me of [10]being a
   newbie advertising for a spy job, declaring that it was [11]"a
   campaign" against them, accusing me of [12]faking data, declaring that
   all logs leak and [13]they pay for the internet, and [14]deleting my
   post to the Cryptome [15]mailing list alerting them to the leak,
   Cryptome has acknowledged that the leaked logs I found were legitimate.
   John Young/Cryptome then thanked me, which is apology enough for all
   the accusations.

     Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:54:05 -0400
     To: Michael Best
     From: John Young
     Subject: Cartome AWStats
     You were right about AWStats data. Not the stats for Cryptome itself
     but for the Cartome sub-directory, for four months, November
     2009-February 2010. Included in a full site restoration by ISP
     NetSol after a full shutdown in June 2013.
     The stats have been deleted from the Cryptome archive. Probably best
     to not expose visitors' data further but then nothing can be fully
     deleted or hidden.
     Thanks for discovering and reporting in this.
     Publish this message if you like.
     Regards,
     John

   Immediately after receiving his email, I deleted the stat files from my
   website. They were only published to force verification and public
   disclosure about the leak. Now that it has been acknowledged, there's
   no point in continuing to distribute them. If John provides a new
   cryptographically signed Cryptome archive file without those logs, I
   will replace the one hosted on Archive.org with the new, sanitized
   version. Note that .7z may be best to prevent the archive's deriving
   process (it makes individual files within the zip viewable) from making
   changes to the .zip file which can cause it to no longer match the
   hash/cryptographic signature.

What does this mean for the slide that seems to show GCHQ spying on
Cryptome.org?

   According to John Young's email, the leak is limited to the Cartome
   sub-directory which would not include the Eyeball directory. However,
   the time frame matches up perfectly and does include the time period
   the slide appears to show. Determining whether or not the leak ever
   included the Eyeball directory, and why NetSol's glitch only restored
   those four months of the Cartome's stats to the Cryptome archive while
   trying to view a random selection of the leaked files on the online
   server failed, requires more information from NetSol, Cryptome's ISP.
   Inquiring about those details from NetSol and disclosing them falls
   entirely to John Young and Deborah Natsios. Presumably, John Young
   would have disclosed if a similar leak had been found relating to the
   Eyeball directory, but it remains possible that the information might
   have been deleted from the Cryptome archive [16]prior to
   2014-06-02 without John realizing it had already leaked. More
   information will be required before those possibilities can be
   excluded.

   As of the time of this posting (13:45 Eastern October 9, 2015), John
   Young has not added anything to his website, twitter account, or
   mailing lists disclosing the now confirmed leak to his users. He did
   remove the graphic advising his users that the GCHQ was/is allegedly
   monitoring them.

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References

   1. https://twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/652581186036989953
   2. https://twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/652581918215684096
   3. mailto:themikebest@gmail.com
   4. http://that1archive.neocities.org/subfolder1/cryptome-admits-leak.html
   5. http://that1archive.neocities.org/subfolder1/gchq-cryptome-slide.html
   6. http://that1archive.neocities.org/subfolder1/cryptome-leaked-logs.html
   7. http://web.archive.org/web/20151009170831/https:/twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/651652489704554497
   8. http://web.archive.org/web/20151009170829/https:/twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/651838022909054978
   9. http://web.archive.org/web/20151007134316/https:/twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/651751155962396674
  10. http://web.archive.org/web/20151009170826/https:/twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/651890295072755712
  11. https://cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2015-October/009681.html
  12. http://web.archive.org/web/20151008125804/https:/twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/651777707873837056
  13. http://web.archive.org/web/20151009170824/https:/twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/652067337621929984
  14. https://twitter.com/NatSecGeek/status/651907692081115137
  15. https://cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2015-October/009684.html
  16. https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/11113511/Cryptome_archive_2014-06-02
  17. http://web.archive.org/web/20151007140432/https:/twitter.com/Cryptomeorg/status/644123971051474944