A Data Leak that Dwarfs Edward Snowden: The Panama Papers Story

As of April 4th, the world is abuzz with a data leak that has left rich people and politicians worldwide looking over their shoulders. According to German publications like Deutsche Zeitung, this story is being covered extensively on a very splashy webpage. The source behind this revelation was an anonymous individual who reached out to them over a year ago, eager to unload a trove of stolen data from Lo Saque Fonseca – a Panamanian law firm that allegedly specializes in setting up tax shelters and shell companies for the rich and powerful.

Thus far, journalists have been parsing through the 2.6 terabytes of data, which has pinned at least 70 highly placed politicians to this company. With many more expected to come to light, the fallout from this leak has been immediate. Calls for the prime minister of Iceland to resign are growing louder due to a secret account found in his name, and it appears that a quarter of his cabinet had accounts with Panama. This is not an isolated incident, as prominent Russian cellist and close friend of Vladimir Putin, Lionel Messi – the soccer star – have also been linked to these shady dealings through MoSac Français Cos.

MoSac Français Cos has stated that they've done nothing wrong and that all their business dealings are on the up and up. However, as more information comes to light, it is becoming increasingly clear that something fishy is going on here. The ever-expanding roundup of the Panama Papers story continues, with many questions still unanswered – most notably, who leaked this data? Stay tuned for further updates.

In related news, Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk have had a pretty good weekend. As of this morning, pre-orders for the more affordable Model 3 electric car, which won't turn a tire on pavement for over a year from now, have almost hit 300,000 units – far beyond what Tesla and Musk were anticipating. The average pre-order price was around $42,000 per unit with buyers placing in $1,000 to save a place in line. That's an impressive amount of cash being poured into electric cars – $3 billion in just one weekend.

It's also worth noting that while gas prices remain low, this trend could have significant implications for the oil industry if it continues. The demand for electric vehicles is on the rise, and with companies like Tesla and others making strides towards mass production, it's becoming increasingly clear that our reliance on fossil fuels may be coming to an end.

In other tech news, Digital Trends has been reviewing a lot of TVs lately, and their findings have been impressive. Their favorite TVs so far? LG's OLED offerings – yes, they're expensive, but nothing else comes close. DTS AV editor Caleb Denison recently paid a visit to see what's next for OLEDs at LG and was blown away by the improvements made in their new 65-inch G6 Signature 4K OLED set.

Not only are these TVs brighter than previous models, but they also come with versatile 60-watt stand/soundbar designs that swivel up if you want to mount them on a wall. They don't use backlights like LEDs or LCDs do, which is part of what makes their picture quality so exceptional. And, as expected, the picture quality is among the best you can get.

Considering early and smaller plasma flat screens are available for $20 grand, it's almost a bargain when compared to these new OLED TVs from LG. You can check out the full report on video review at the link below. Additionally, Digital Trends has got the rest of today's tech news covered – be sure to check out their Facebook page and YouTube channel for more updates.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's 04 04 and welcome to dt daily I'm Greg nibbler in case you haven't heard a data leak that Dwarfs anything Edward Snowden ever came up with has rich people and politicians worldwide looking over their shoulders according to German publications who deutsche zeitung who are going all in on the story with this very splashy webpage they were contacted over a year ago by an anonymous source who wanted to unload a trove of stolen data from lo saque Fonseca there a Panamanian law firm that allegedly specializes in setting up tax shelters shell companies and other possibly illegal financial tools for the rich and powerful so far journalists parsing the 2.6 terabytes of data have pinned at least 70 highly placed politicians to the company with many more expected to come to light the fallout has been immediate there are calls for the prime minister of Iceland to resign over a secret account and it appears a quarter of his cabinet had accounts in Panama also on the list a prominent Russian cellist who's a close friend of Vladimir Putin even soccer star Lionel Messi had dealings mo sac francais cos said they've done nothing wrong and all their business dealings are on the up and up well we'll see we've got an ever-expanding roundup of the Panama papers story and so far the biggest question no one has an answer to is who leaked the data stay tuned speaking of rich people and big money suffice to say it was a pretty good weekend for Tesla and its Wonder Boy CEO Elon Musk as of this morning pre-orders for it's more affordable model 3 electric car which won't turn a tire on pavement for over a year from now have almost hit 300,000 units that's far far beyond what Tesla and musk were anticipating so here's hoping that can come through on the delivery of all those cars Tesla says the average pre-order was 42 grand a pop with buyers putting in one thousand dollars to save a place in line that's 3 billion dollars in cash in a weekend it's also a lot of people lining up for purely electric cars while gas prices remain super low and if the trend continues with strong demand for the model 3 the new Chevy bulb and the upcoming extended electric range Prius Prime well that's not good news for oil producers who are already feeling the squeeze ken muskan company come through on the numbers for the model 3 well if they can it could mark a major turning point for the electric car market we review a lot of TVs here at Digital Trends and so far the very best tvs we've ever seen our LG's OLED offerings yes they're expensive but nothing else really comes close DTS AV editor caleb denison just paid LG a visit to see what's next for oulad and got blown away all over again their new 65 inch g6 signature 4k OLED set takes things to a new level with both HDR 10 and Dolby vision picture quality improvements they're also brighter than previous OLED sets and the g6 includes a versatile 60 watt stand / sound bar that swivels up if you feel like wall mounting the TV plus it has the signature smelt OLED thinness we all love since obed doesn't use a back light like an LED or LCD TV and as expected the picture quality is the best you can get and we still love LG's easy to use and fast web OS on screen operating system price 8 grand on pre-order from amazon but considering early and smaller plasma flat screens where 20 grand we'd say it's almost a bargain check out the full report in video review at the link below we've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends com also be sure to check out our facebook page and youtube channel for more tech goodness we'll be back again tomorrowit's 04 04 and welcome to dt daily I'm Greg nibbler in case you haven't heard a data leak that Dwarfs anything Edward Snowden ever came up with has rich people and politicians worldwide looking over their shoulders according to German publications who deutsche zeitung who are going all in on the story with this very splashy webpage they were contacted over a year ago by an anonymous source who wanted to unload a trove of stolen data from lo saque Fonseca there a Panamanian law firm that allegedly specializes in setting up tax shelters shell companies and other possibly illegal financial tools for the rich and powerful so far journalists parsing the 2.6 terabytes of data have pinned at least 70 highly placed politicians to the company with many more expected to come to light the fallout has been immediate there are calls for the prime minister of Iceland to resign over a secret account and it appears a quarter of his cabinet had accounts in Panama also on the list a prominent Russian cellist who's a close friend of Vladimir Putin even soccer star Lionel Messi had dealings mo sac francais cos said they've done nothing wrong and all their business dealings are on the up and up well we'll see we've got an ever-expanding roundup of the Panama papers story and so far the biggest question no one has an answer to is who leaked the data stay tuned speaking of rich people and big money suffice to say it was a pretty good weekend for Tesla and its Wonder Boy CEO Elon Musk as of this morning pre-orders for it's more affordable model 3 electric car which won't turn a tire on pavement for over a year from now have almost hit 300,000 units that's far far beyond what Tesla and musk were anticipating so here's hoping that can come through on the delivery of all those cars Tesla says the average pre-order was 42 grand a pop with buyers putting in one thousand dollars to save a place in line that's 3 billion dollars in cash in a weekend it's also a lot of people lining up for purely electric cars while gas prices remain super low and if the trend continues with strong demand for the model 3 the new Chevy bulb and the upcoming extended electric range Prius Prime well that's not good news for oil producers who are already feeling the squeeze ken muskan company come through on the numbers for the model 3 well if they can it could mark a major turning point for the electric car market we review a lot of TVs here at Digital Trends and so far the very best tvs we've ever seen our LG's OLED offerings yes they're expensive but nothing else really comes close DTS AV editor caleb denison just paid LG a visit to see what's next for oulad and got blown away all over again their new 65 inch g6 signature 4k OLED set takes things to a new level with both HDR 10 and Dolby vision picture quality improvements they're also brighter than previous OLED sets and the g6 includes a versatile 60 watt stand / sound bar that swivels up if you feel like wall mounting the TV plus it has the signature smelt OLED thinness we all love since obed doesn't use a back light like an LED or LCD TV and as expected the picture quality is the best you can get and we still love LG's easy to use and fast web OS on screen operating system price 8 grand on pre-order from amazon but considering early and smaller plasma flat screens where 20 grand we'd say it's almost a bargain check out the full report in video review at the link below we've got the rest of the day's tech news at Digital Trends com also be sure to check out our facebook page and youtube channel for more tech goodness we'll be back again tomorrow\n"