IT was recently reported that Wikileaks had been losing pages as the site was having issues. Today I navigated to this page, which turned out to be among those affected:
Category:Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) is an S&P 500 company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide.
Red Hat based on their operating system product Red Hat Enterprise Linux and management products offers support, training (e.g. certifications like Red Hat Certified Engineer RHCE), and consulting services.
Pages in category "Red Hat"
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
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- RHCE exam question 1 (2008) - RHCE exam question 2 (2008)
RHCE exam question 1 (2008)
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- Release date
- May 26, 2008
From: Mia Bass <mbass@redhat.com> Reply-To: mbass@redhat.com Privacy: yes Privacy: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 To: wikileaks@sunshinepress.org, usa@wikileaks.org Subject: URGENT--Removal of WikiLeaks Posting Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Privacy: yes Message-Id: <20080530124655.33C03394B47@mail.wikileaks.org> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 13:46:55 +0100 (BST)
Dear Sir or Madam:
Red Hat, Inc. (Red Hat) recently became aware that a WikiLeaks subscriber has posted materials to your site purporting to be Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam questions. Those documents are found at the following links: http://wikileaks.org/wiki/RHCE_exam_question_1_%282008%29, http://wikileaks.org/wiki/RHCE_exam_question_2_%282008%29.
It is our understanding that WikiLeaks.org is a website aimed toward revealing information regarding the unethical behavior of various foreign governments and corporations. We do not believe that posting exam content, authentic or otherwise, furthers the overall goal of your website. Red Hat neither confirms nor denies the authenticity of these documents. If authentic, their presence on your web site may assist people who wish to cheat on our exam; if not, then the documents mislead Red Hat exam candidates and is a clear misuse of our brand and trademarks. Consequently, it is imperative that both postings are immediately removed from the WikiLeaks website.
We trust you will understand Red Hat's interests in protecting its valuable trademark rights and business interests. Please contact me no later than 5:00p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2008 to confirm that the postings have been removed, or if we need to take additional steps to remove the documents.
Sincerely, -- Mia Bass Legal Affairs Red Hat, Inc. 1801 Varsity Drive Raleigh, N.C. 27606 Direct Tel: +1 919-754-4734 Email: mbass@redhat.comWikileaks responds:
From: editor@sunshinepress.org To: Mia Bass <mbass@redhat.com> Cc: wikileaks@sunshinepress.org, usa@wikileaks.org Subject: Re: URGENT--Removal of WikiLeaks Posting Privacy: yes References: <20080530124655.33C03394B47@mail.wikileaks.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080530124655.33C03394B47@mail.wikileaks.org> Message-Id: <20080530134035.C0D28394BD7@mail.wikileaks.org> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 14:40:35 +0100 (BST)
Dear Mia. Thank you for your letter. We have reviewed the material at an editorial level.
Our view is as follows:
The documents reveal that, at least in the UK, the Red Hat certificate is worthless as an unknown number of students are cheating on the exam. We have revealed which questions they have access to, placing all students on a level playing field and in the process destroying a black market in exam questions.
If Red Hat is to be treated seriously as a provider of test credentials, then it is obligated to change its exam questions, review its security processes and the treatment of its staff. That Red Hat now seeks to censor the messenger and play ludicrous "we refuse to confirm or deny" games with the public instead of "apologising and improving" is cause for concern.
Jay LimDownload
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- Context
- United Kingdom
- Company
- Red Hat
EnglishFile size in bytes40666File type informationPDF document, version 1.3Cryptographic identitySHA256 bf59611711f0ef737e34acea3ddcbcfffc317115d38c4f26abe2997a4ea46072
RHCE exam question 2 (2008)
- Release date
- May 26, 2008
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Further information
Primary language
- Context
- United Kingdom
- Company
- Red Hat
EnglishFile size in bytes52986File type informationPDF document, version 1.3Cryptographic identitySHA256 67ad127820dcde13f45ec634fcb96ef39f9c17ddcf3e4f141efe87f81059e2fc
