Related data had already been published on the Davos Indymedia site before the WEF meeting.

 http://switzerland.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=170
 http://switzerland.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=67


The information about people who have attended the World Economic Forum, staged each year in Davos, were on a CD-ROM shown to a Zurich newspaper, SonntagsZeitung.

Data seems to have been obtained by unnamed campaigners against globalisation, who hacked into the foundation which puts on the annual meeting. SonntagsZeitung said that credit card firms began freezing the affected accounts at the weekend.

More from article in Guardian (5/02/01)at:
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,433637,00.html

BBC web article (4/02/01) at:
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1152000/1152966.stm