I was completely wrong about APACHE
It had nothing to do with:
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Apache Planes
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Apache Software
According to the link in Securedrop, Apache is a team of journalists. pic related.
Here's a list of the investigative journalists:
Karl Van den Broeck (editor-in-chief)
Nica Broucke (editorial coordinator)
Tom Cochez (investigative journalist)
Jan Walraven (investigative journalist)
Steven Vanden Bussche (investigative journalist)
Kaja Verbeke (investigative journalist)
Stef Arends (research journalist)
Georges Timmerman (investigative journalist)
Luc De Cleir (sales manager )
Valérie Claessens (administrative assistant)
Bram Souffreau (operational director)
Dirk Apers (chairman)
The Board of Directors consists of
Dirk Apers,
Bart De Waele,
Charlotte Schoofs,
Georges Timmerman,
Charline Vandenberghe,
André Van Halewyck and
Jan Vangrinsven.
The non-editorial staff:
Luc De Cleir, sales manager
Valérie Claessens, administrative assistant
Bram Souffreau, operational director
Apache is just one of the many news media who use securedrop to receive information.
First pic is a 2015 list of news media.
Second pic is a 2018 list.
2018 list:
Apache
Associated Press
Bloomberg News
BuzzFeed
CBC
CPI
CPJ
Dagbladet
Espen Andersen
ExposeFacts
Field of Vision
Forbes
Gizmodo Media Group
The Globe and Mail
Greenpeace New Zealand
The Guardian
HuffPost
The Intercept
Lucy Parsons Labs
Morgenbladet
New Internationalist
The New York Times
NRK
Project On Gov't Oversight (POGO)
ProPublica
Public Intelligence
Radio24syv
Radio-Canada
San Francisco Chronicle
Barton Gellman
The Washington Post
USA TODAY
VICE Media
Vox.com
The Verge
Wired's Kevin Poulsen