2 ▁until ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁it ▁was ▁unknown ▁who ▁had ▁obtained ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁Sk ype ▁convers ations ▁and ▁emails ▁or ▁how ▁those ▁materials ▁were ▁obtained , ▁although ▁the ▁publish ers ▁of ▁the ▁content ▁were ▁first ▁sus pected . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁journalist ▁David ▁Berg man ▁reported ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁learned ▁that ▁Hu q ▁had ▁transferred ▁his ▁entire ▁computer ▁drive ▁over ▁multiple ▁computers ▁and ▁a ▁US - based ▁security ▁firm ▁said ▁people ▁with ▁legal ▁access ▁to ▁those ▁drives ▁gave ▁its ▁agents ▁the ▁files . ▁In ▁the ▁New ▁Age ▁article , ▁Berg man ▁quotes ▁James ▁Mul van ey , ▁who ▁is ▁from ▁Guardian ▁Cons ult ing ▁L LC ▁and ▁the ▁private ▁security ▁firm ▁that ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁materials ▁by ▁an ▁un named ▁source , ▁says : ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁said ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁paid ▁$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁a ▁client ▁who ▁question ed ▁the ▁neutral ity ▁of ▁Bang l adesh ' s ▁International ▁Cr imes ▁Trib unal . ▁The ▁war ▁cr imes ▁court ▁accused ▁The ▁Econom ist ▁and ▁Am ar ▁Des h ▁of ▁ ▁" h ack ing " ▁Hu q ' s ▁computers . ▁ ▁The ▁Econom ist ▁said ▁in ▁its ▁article ▁" The ▁trial ▁of ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁a ▁nation " ▁( 1 2 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 2 ) ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁normally ▁publish ▁private ▁correspond ence , ▁denied ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁paid ▁for ▁the ▁materials ▁and ▁acknowled ged ▁issues ▁of ▁press ▁eth ics , ▁but