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Many of the world's richest and most powerful people are bracing themselves for a huge leak of their information.
The Bermuda hack – which could be somerthing like a repeat of the Panama Papers – may be about to lead to a major examination of the financial, corporate and tax affairs of the most important people on the planet.
High net worth individuals and the world's biggest companies are gearing up with legal firms and PR companies for the huge drop. But here's exactly what it means, who will be affected and how.
What's about to happen?
We don't know exactly, but something big. A number of media organisations are gearing up to release information from the cyber attack, though it's not clear what that information will be.
Who's worried?
Many of the world's most famous, influential and important people, according to numerous reports. The company behind the hack looked after the affairs of some of the richest people around, and so you can expect them to be caught up in the attack.
For the most part, that's probably going to be influential people who could be accused of hypocrisy or outright immorality on the basis of their business dealings. Anyone caught up in it may well know about it already – The Telegraph reported that a number of wealthy and high-profile people are speaking with lawyers and PR firms, presumably because they've either been contacted by journalists or because they know their information was being held by Appleby.
The other major concern will be among the government. Appleby's has offices in a number of British overseas territories, and the information could show that business is happening in those places that should have been clamped down on by authorities.
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