It’s widely reported: a voicemail by Alec Baldwin was leaked to TMZ.com who then published it on their website.
Some interesting InfoSec points to note about this case:
1. The InfoSec field does not *traditionally* consider voicemail as data
2. We rarely think of voicemails as something that can be (or will be) leaked
3. There are quantitative financial consequences: attorney’s fees
4. There are non-quantitative financial consequences: potential loss in job opportunities
5. True reputational damage that may not be repairable in all cases
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This is interesting to note, but my company does actually deal with securing voice data. In this instance we could have proved the integrity of the recording, but also prevented access to the recording at all by anyone other than those it was intended for.
Sadly it was probably them who leaked it in the first place, and DRM of voicemails is going to be really tricky!