Johannes Zuurbier, a Dutch contractor overseeing Mali’s country domain, discovered the “typo leak.” He claims to have made multiple attempts to alert the United States about the issue since 2014, emphasizing the need for urgent action. Unfortunately, his warnings have gone unanswered. As his contract nears expiration and the domain is handed over to the Malian government, Zuurbier began collecting the misrouted emails this year as a final effort to persuade the US to address the situation. In an early July letter addressed to the US, Zuurbier highlighted the genuine risk posed by this incident. He has accumulated approximately 117,000 emails, with nearly 1,000 additional emails arriving on a single day last Wednesday.
