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To illustrate an insider attack, a famous example was when edward snowden once revealed over a million classified documents in 20 to various news agencies, which he had copied whilst working as. United states files civil lawsuit against edward snowden. To illustrate an insider attack, a famous example was when edward snowden once revealed over a million classified documents in 20 to various. Snowden s documents available for download, 18 june 2014.
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