The left-leaning website Huffington Post published that conjecture, citing an October 2009 interview with Computer World magazine in which Assange said he had "5GB from Bank of America, on one of the executive's hard drives".

However, Bank of America spokesman Scott Silvestri said there was no more proof of that now than there was 14 months earlier. "More than a year ago WikiLeaks claimed to have the computer hard drive of a Bank of America executive", he said. 

"Aside from the claims themselves, we have no evidence that supports this assertion. We are unaware of any new claims by WikiLeaks that pertain specifically to the Bank of America". 

Wall Street watchers, however, wondered just how damaging any material could be to one of the big banks, given that many existing banks are already plagued by scandal.