D.N.C. Hack Raises a Frightening Question: What’s Next?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/world/europe/dnc-hack-russia.html?_r=0There is a Russian word for this practice: “kompromat.” A portmanteau of the Russian words for “compromising” and “material,” it refers to the timeworn tradition of obtaining information and using it to smear or influence public officials. Unscrupulous Russian politicians have been doing it for decades; there are kompromat websites (which, unsurprisingly, are often blocked or harassed).
The way it works is simple. First, Kremlin insiders or other powerful individuals buy, steal or manufacture incriminating information about an opponent, an enemy, or any other person who poses a threat to powerful interests. Then, they publish it, destroying the target’s reputation in order to settle public scores or manipulate public events.
If American officials and analysts are correct in their assessment that Russia was behind this spring’s hack of the Democratic National Committee’s computer servers, it seems that kompromat is being translated to the international stage.
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Then they won't need to worry about whether or not someone else is hacking them. That's the excuse they give us for why we need to be surveilled 24/7 (Yeah, I know, you're an idiot if you actually BELIEVE that's the purpose for the surveillance 
) after all. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Leak more, not less. Leak every powerful document in the world today. Every leader, every nation, every international organization, every international corporation, every bank, every hospital. Every document every produced by every government on earth, ordered and formatted in a searchable, keyword-accessible database.
Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his mind he considers himself your Master.
EDIT TO ADD: Regarding hospital, I am referring to costs/procedures, outcomes, and that sort of thing, NOT patient health records. Sorry to anyone I may have offended.
