Historical record Record 2010-005

2010 World Events · Financial crisis, uprisings, and the cyber-kinetic threshold

WikiLeaks releases U.S. diplomatic cables

A large trove of diplomatic cables exposed sensitive U.S. communications and partner relationships.

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Why it matters

It changed digital secrecy, leak journalism, and insider-threat programs.

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A large trove of diplomatic cables exposed sensitive U.S. communications and partner relationships.

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It changed digital secrecy, leak journalism, and insider-threat programs.

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Stable record ID: 2010-005
Date or period: 2010-11-28
Type: Mass leak / espionage
Focus: Espionage / information
Impact scope: Global
Priority: 5 of 5
Location label: Global cyberspace, Global
Coordinate precision: Cyberspace: no single coordinate
Actors named by the source record: WikiLeaks; Chelsea Manning; U.S. State Department
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “WikiLeaks releases U.S. diplomatic cables.” World Events record 2010-005. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2010/2010-005/

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