With more than 2.6 terabytes of data comprised of more than 11.5 million documents, the release of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca’s records this week represents one of the largest data leaks in history — bigger than both the intelligence records revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden three years ago and the U.S. diplomatic cables made public by WikiLeaks in 2010.
The Panama Papers, as they are dubbed, were initially obtained by German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and subsequently the subject of a yearlong investigation, led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and involving more than 100 publications from nearly …read more
Source: Time
