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Chaos Computer Club Wikileaks

The Berlin hacker collective that shaped WikiLeaks' early years — and where a journalist first met Daniel Domscheit-Berg under a pseudonym.

The Chaos Computer Club, a group of hackers from Berlin, played an important role in the history of WikiLeaks. They were involved in the early stages of the organization. [1] On the same 2026 Berlin panel that included John Kiriakou, it was through the Chaos Computer Club that a journalist recounted meeting early WikiLeaks associate Daniel Domscheit-Berg, then introduced under the pseudonym “Daniel Schmitt.”[2]

References

  1. Disruption Network Lab, 2026-03-2016:21:00 on YouTube · Transcript
  2. Disruption Network Lab, 2026-03-2016:53 on YouTube · Transcript

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