This massive hack of Russian government data more than doubled our server costs
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After Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, hackers uncovered a massive trove of internal Russian government and corporate documents that could contain explosive new revelations about Kremlin corruption and the Putin regime.
We’re talking about 14 terabytes of data — an enormous quantity of information that could take months or even years to fully dig through.
Few news organizations in the world are equipped to tackle an investigation like this, and fewer still have the courage to risk retribution from these kinds of powerful forces.
But this is exactly what The Intercept was founded for.
A surprise project of this scope wasn’t factored into our budget for the year, and that makes it even more essential that we meet our September membership campaign goal of... $500,000 by the end of the month. With just two days left to go, we still have $250,000 left to raise.
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From our groundbreaking reporting on drones and government surveillance to these new revelations out of Russia, The Intercept has years of experience taking on sensitive projects based on leaked data. We know what’s involved, and we know we have the expertise to pull it off.
We’re sharing our unique expertise and resources with partners around the globe to help make sure these stories come to light. But it’s not cheap or easy. Just indexing all the data so it can be searched is a massive effort, and our server bills alone have doubled over the last few months.
That’s why it’s critical that our September membership campaign succeed, and why we’re coming to you, our readers, to chip in whatever you can afford to support this investigation and our other cutting-edge journalism.
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