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Wikileaks - what do they do with all the money ?
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It's been reported that Wikileaks current burn rate is EUR 480,000 per week (!!!). 
At the current FX rate, this makes it a yearly "Budget" of $ 34M.
I couldn't find any information what all this money is being used for.
Has anyone any links or info ?
The amount just seems unbelievably high.
-t
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I'd be curious what typical high-volume commercial hosting rates are globally. I can't see the combination of hosting and whatever other sorts of business (online credit card account, offices, etc.) costing half a million Euros a week...
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Originally Posted by ghporter 
I'd be curious what typical high-volume commercial hosting rates are globally.
That can't be it. Wikipedia needs $15M per year to pay for hosting and admin.
I highly doubt WikiLeaks uses more bandwidth than Wiki.
-t
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Originally Posted by turtle777
That can't be it. Wikipedia needs $15M per year to pay for hosting and admin.
I highly doubt WikiLeaks uses more bandwidth than Wiki.
-t
Precisely.
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Probably heavy use of anonymizing services for their volunteers. They air dirty laundry from governments, multinational corporations, major banks, etc. All parties with money and power.
If all the big & bad boys were out to get you, your security & hosting costs would be high too. Bulletproof vests are not cheep, and food-tasters don't go cheap either.
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Uh, lawyers aren't cheap either.
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Hosting costs are inflated due to a lack of options... hard to find a host to take their money.
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