If you missed the Macron leak, or leaks deleted before you can copy them, don’t despair!
Robert Graham, @ErrataBob, rides to the rescue with: Hacker dumps, magnet links, and you.
From the post:
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Along with downloading files, BitTorrent software on your computer also participates in a “distributed hash” network. When using a torrent file to download, your BitTorrent software still tell other random BitTorrent clients about the hash. Knowledge of this hash thus spreads throughout the BitTorrent world. It’s only 16 bytes in size, so the average BitTorrent client can keep track of millions of such hashes while consuming very little memory or bandwidth.If somebody decides they want to download the BitTorrent with that hash, they broadcast that request throughout this “distributed hash” network until they find one or more people with the full torrent. They then get the torrent description file from them, and also a list of peers in the “swarm” who are downloading the file.
Thus, when the original torrent description file, the tracker, and original copy goes away, you can still locate the swarm of downloaders through this hash. As long as all the individual pieces exist in the swarm, you can still successfully download the original file.
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Graham provides the magnet link for “langannerch.rar” and as of this AM, I can attest the link is working as described.
Consider a “distributed hash” network as a public service. Even if you aren’t especially interested in a leak, like Macron’s, consider grabbing a copy to assist others who are.