In a now deleted comment somebody claimed that this info didn't contribute much. After all, this isn't reddit. However, while I was at first hesitant to submit it, there are IMO a few aspects to this that are relevant to the HN community specifically:

1. If the US state department can't keep its communications secure, how are we supposed to do it with the communications between our web services and customers?

2. Russia is using a very smart "marketing" tactic to discredit the US: Instead of making stuff up, they leak uncomfortable parts of the truth to the public. They have been doing so for quite some time now, though most of it remained below the radar.

3. Even though many of us (here in Europe) have been led that we're equal to the US and its citizens, these things serve as a reminder that the EU-Europe has yet to assert itself on the international stage (and in the digital realm for that matter, see the state of the startup scene in Europe).

Well "rare" ... the Wikileaks embassy cables are GBs of intra-governmental communication.