Update: ABC claims climategate emails were leaked!

COMMENT: ABC audience and consumer affairs have replied to our complaint (HERE) regarding the alleged leak of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit.  Seems they have misplaced their dictionary.

Our Macquarie Dictionary contains the following:
For "Leaked": Definition 5. an accidental or apparently accidental disclosure of information, etc.
For "Hacked": Definition 14. hack into, to gain unauthorised access, as to the information stored on an organisation's computer, or the computer itself, or the organisation itself. 

The reply states:
"Audience and Consumer Affairs is satisfied that the use of the word “leaked” to describe the dissemination of the emails is accurate and in keeping with section 5.2.2(c) of the ABC Editorial Policies.  Whether or not the police investigation concludes that the email system was hacked, it is a fact that the emails were leaked without the authors’ knowledge or consent." 


We have updated our original post to include ABC's reply, and sent off this follow up query:

Thankyou as always for your rely to our complaint. In view of the following dictionary definitions from the Macquarie Dictionary does ABC still stand by its reply, or does ABC care to review its comments? The use of hacked and leaked is clearly not interchangeable.

For "Leaked": Definition 5. an accidental or apparently accidental disclosure of information, etc.

For "Hacked": Definition 14. hack into, to gain unauthorised access, as to the information stored on an organisation's computer, or the computer itself, or the organisation itself. 


To which ABC promptly reply as follows:

The ABC has nothing further to add to its initial response on this matter. 

Your further comments are noted.