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The list, made up of more than 400 recipients, consists mostly of journalists...Where's AOL's old "unsend" button when you need it
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BurfordTJustice
Nov 17, 2012, 7:32:51 AM11/17/12
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Taliban accidentally CCs everybody on its mailing list
Living in fear of "replying all" to your company-wide emails? Hey, it could
be worse. ABC News reports:
In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine
email last week with one notable difference. He publicly CC'd the names of
everyone on his mailing list.
The names were disclosed in an email by Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, an official
Taliban spokesperson, on Saturday. The email was a press release he received
from the account of Zabihullah Mujahid, another Taliban spokesperson. Ahmedi
then forwarded Mujahid's email to the full Taliban mailing list, but rather
than using the BCC function, or blind carbon copy which keeps email
addresses private, Ahmedi made the addresses public.
"Taliban have included all 4 of my email addresses on the leaked
distribution list," tweeted journalist Mustafa Kazemi, a prolific
Kabul-based tweeter with more than 9,500 followers. "Quite reassuring to my
safety."
The list, made up of more than 400 recipients, consists mostly of
journalists, but also includes an address appearing to belong to a
provincial governor, an Afghan legislator, several academics and activists,
an ... Afghan consultative committee, and a representative of Gulbuddein
Hekmatar, an Afghan warlord whose outlawed group Hezb-i-Islami is believed
to be behind several attacks against coalition troops.
Where's AOL's old "unsend" button when you need it? On the other hand,
perhaps this is an opportunity to establish a listserv for Afghan peace
talks?
Update: Looks like the Taliban's e-mail blunder has inspired a hashtag on
Twitter: #TalibanSubjectLines.
Living in fear of "replying all" to your company-wide emails? Hey, it could
be worse. ABC News reports:
In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine
email last week with one notable difference. He publicly CC'd the names of
everyone on his mailing list.
The names were disclosed in an email by Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, an official
Taliban spokesperson, on Saturday. The email was a press release he received
from the account of Zabihullah Mujahid, another Taliban spokesperson. Ahmedi
then forwarded Mujahid's email to the full Taliban mailing list, but rather
than using the BCC function, or blind carbon copy which keeps email
addresses private, Ahmedi made the addresses public.
"Taliban have included all 4 of my email addresses on the leaked
distribution list," tweeted journalist Mustafa Kazemi, a prolific
Kabul-based tweeter with more than 9,500 followers. "Quite reassuring to my
safety."
The list, made up of more than 400 recipients, consists mostly of
journalists, but also includes an address appearing to belong to a
provincial governor, an Afghan legislator, several academics and activists,
an ... Afghan consultative committee, and a representative of Gulbuddein
Hekmatar, an Afghan warlord whose outlawed group Hezb-i-Islami is believed
to be behind several attacks against coalition troops.
Where's AOL's old "unsend" button when you need it? On the other hand,
perhaps this is an opportunity to establish a listserv for Afghan peace
talks?
Update: Looks like the Taliban's e-mail blunder has inspired a hashtag on
Twitter: #TalibanSubjectLines.
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Nov 17, 2012, 10:34:13 AM11/17/12
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