anon opines
When information is released by outside hacking groups, who seem to materialize out of thin air, the first thing you should look at is why.
Often times, behind the face of a hacking group, is an intelligence agency working an angle.
This is likely the case with Edaalate-Ali, the new group allegedly releasing CCTV footage from inside Iran's prison system.
While the leaks detail some methodical abuse and reasons for sharp concern, I believe they stop short of detailing what we might consider behavior outside the normative horrors of prison systems in general; the US system very much included. They show physical abuse at the hands of guards, and the same abuse being ignored by others present.
Therefore, amidst the short horrors of the information being provided, it falls to us to look deeper, into the objectives and reasons behind whoever released it.
One might assume, if we understood much more about Edaalate-Ali, the group behind it; we might better understand the "why" here.
And the Why, matters.
Take the Stratfor leaks, as an example. An agency put out devastating information on themselves, in an attempt to give the fake hacking group lulzsec a legitimacy they did not have. They turned out to be an FBI front bent on capturing Julian Assange.
So pause, think objectively here.
Before we begin to assume anything, even as we continue to see footage leak. Let's start with the historical significance of exactly what the motivations behind the dissemination of this information are, within the context of where we are globally.
Intelligence Agencies love to wear masks. Let us make sure then, that we are not unwittingly assisting them.