Technical and electronic analysis of confidential document publishing in internet media: Wikileaks and Panama papers

In this study, the technical and electronic analysis of confidential documents leaks in the internet has been studied with the samples from WikiLeaks and Panama Papers. For this purpose, as well as literature review, techniques like, analysis of the technical properties, comparison, deduction and induction were implemented. The leaks in the recent years have been out of control through the advantages in the internet media. External and internal threats play part in the leaks of the confidential documents. The departments and governmental bodies with critical information at hand should have continuously-updated defence firewalls. The employees should be warned for the updated leakage techniques and periodically educated. IT departments should be prepared for increasing external threats as well as attacks from the ill-intentioned people within their departments, and take precautions against unauthorized persons, weak software and hardware. Technically it is impossible to stop all the leakage in the internet. When we study WikiLeaks, we see that it is not possible for the documents to be disseminated even though different precautions were taken. In Panama Papers, we observe that the web sites publishing these were censored, yet could not stop the viral spread. When these practices taken into account, it is viewed that although technically it is impossible to inhibit disseminating secret documents and information, the problem can be resolved in its source when the information is hindered to be revealed.