If the contents of the hacked emails were to be believed, then they brought a few oh-my-Gods to my lips and intermittent disapproving and disbelieving shakes of my head.

I confess that the odd one even brought a wry smile to my face.

Night after night I was deluged and, though tempted to delete these unsolicited emails immediately, my curiosity got the better of me as this Jewish Watergate unfolded.

All this irreversibly changed when I received a highly sensitive Excel attachment containing the full names, complete addresses and exact amounts of money pledged by Jewish donors in our community.

There was information about my neighbours, friends, associates and people I didn't know personally but whose names I did.

Yes, I accept the document made fascinating reading. However - and here is the crunch - in the wrong hands such information is highly dangerous.

Our enemies would love to know who are the "movers and shakers" in our community and who are the big financial supporters of Jewish good causes and Israel.

Such sensitive information allows our enemies to create profiles and - worst case scenario - possible "hit lists" for dangerous organisations.

Therefore, I outwardly and unreservedly condemn this hacker who has crossed a red line by endangering members of our community.

If he/she has now been caught, I hope the punishment meted out is a long and hard one to act as a deterrent against such theft and malevolency.

Richard Manville,
Cavendish Road,
Salford,
Manchester.

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