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Unredacted versions of more than 250,000 US government cables have been released online after a breach of WikiLeaks' archive servers, which WikiLeaks blames on the "gross negligence or malice" of a journalist from The Guardian. As such, the full versions of the documents are now floating around on the Internet, complete with the names of informants, sources, and the like. WikiLeaks says it has initiated legal action against the UK newspaper.

WikiLeaks, famous for its massive leaks of secret government and corporate documents, has made a habit of redacting some of the sensitive information that could hurt individuals named in its documents, but has simultaneously saved uncensored versions of the documents to its "Cablegate library"—a massive archive of files to which only selected parties have been given access, such as publications that WikiLeaks likes to work closely with when it releases new documents. One of those parties is—was—The Guardian, or more specifically, Guardian editor in chief Alan Rusbridger, who allegedly signed a confidentiality agreement with WikiLeaks promising to keep the unredacted documents secure.