In the digital era, audio leaks reached a brand new level to become an instrument of political pressure and a weapon in business battles. This is a digest of leaks through audio channels, prepared by InfoWatch.
An enormous public uproar in Moldova made the country’s justice minister Alexandru Tanase resign after a leaked 20-minute telephone conversation that appeared to show him discussing the disappearance of $1 billion from Moldova’s banking system with businessman Veaceslav Platon. In particular, Platon tried to convince Tanase that Dorin Dragutanu, a former head of the National Bank of Moldova, was involved in this ‘theft of the century’, saying that politicians made no progress with the investigation into the fraud.
As part of another incident, the Zulu royal family decided to take legal action against MiWay insurance company for the leaking of a recorded conversation between a sales rep and the King Goodwill Zwelithini. The conversation begins with the rep addressing the king by his first name‚ which is considered highly disrespectful in the Zulu culture. What is more, MiWay insurance then leaked this conversation to the media, which Zulu royal family’s representative called an insult to the whole Zulu Nation and a serious breach of privacy.
In April, Sofyan Basir, CEO of PLN, a state utility company in Indonesia, said he would take legal action in response to a leaked recording of his conversation with State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno about the future cooperation with a foreign company. According to Basir, if the recording was uploaded as it is, it would not be a problem, but the viral post was an edited recording.
Many companies worry about possible data leaks. Apple is no exception here. Last year, a recording of an internal briefing of the Apple’s Global Security team obtained by the Outline portal shed new light on how far the most valuable company in the world will go to prevent leaks about new products. According to the hour-long presentation, the team employs an undisclosed number of investigators around the world to prevent information from reaching competitors, counterfeiters, and the press, as well as hunt down the source when such leak occurs.
Leaks in the music industry often cause severe losses to both musicians and right holders as such incidents directly affect the sales of music media. Thus, a U.S. singer Lana Del Rey was so upset with her fans illegally downloading early pirated versions of her new album that she hit them out on Twitter. It is not the first such incident in Lana Del Rey’s career, as the singer has previously suffered from hackers stealing her new songs.
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