WikiLeaks has started accepting secret documents again after nearly five years

You can once again submit secrets to WikiLeaks anonymously, without worrying that some network spy or even a WikiLeaks staffer will reveal your identity.

The site announced today that, after several years, it has now launched a beta version its leak submission system running on Tor, the anonymity software.

This will once again allow people to share secret documents and tips, according to a report by Wired. This new secure site will upload documents to the WikiLeaks staff.

It’s been four and a half years since some WikiLeaks staffers, in an internal dispute, removed documents and destroyed decryption keys to those documents, alleging that the site had become too lax about protecting information and identities. Meantime, technology has advanced to the point where the entire enterprise had to be updated and upgraded.

Since the closure of WikiLeaks’ portal, media outlets have started using SecureDrop for disclosure purposes.

The new submission system was already online and being tested before today’s formal connection back to WikiLeaks. While the site is technically in beta, WikiLeaks says the system is solid and fully operational.

While WikiLeaks continued to operate during that interim period, the materials it handled did not match the secrecy or import of its original documents such as classified files from wartime Iraq and Afghanistan and  US State Department revelations.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for several years as attempts to extradite him to Sweden on sex offense charges continue.

Now that a secure system is back in place, it should only a matter of time before critical new material sees the light of day.

➤ WikiLeaks Finally Brings Back Its Submission System for Your Secrets

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