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BY MEGAN FAROKHMANESH
ANCHOR ALLIE SPILLYARDS
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What do you get when you combine hacker groups Anonymous and Lulzsec? AntiSec, of course -- and a whole new batch of trouble. Their motto this time: hack the police.
AMANDA SOHANEY, KOMU: “The group says they have several different types of private data, including entire spools of email records from dozens of different law enforcement agencies, passwords, social security numbers phone numbers and more from over 7,000 officers.”
The latest attack comes in response to recent arrests of Lulzsec members -- including 18-year-old Jake Davis -- an alleged hacker better known as Topiary.
The hacker collective calls it “Shooting Sheriffs Saturday” -- and reports say the data loot contains over 10GB of private information.
“...exposed police informers and said they had no qualms about putting informers’ lives in danger.”
But several officers are confused about the specifics of the attack -- including what was stolen. Some even denied attacks at all -- a claim which
AntiSec responded to with a definite, “Oh yes we
did.” According to their manifesto on
Pastebin,
AntiSec...
“...taunted the sheriffs by responding to their denials by tweeting teasers exposing their SSNs, passwords, addresses, and private emails.”
And they’re not just focused on exposing embarrassing and private data.
Digital Trends reports
AntiSec also took the time to give back to the community -- using...
“...stolen credit card numbers to place donations to the Bradley Manning Support Network, ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations.”
Will the hacks ever end?
Gizmodo says, don’t hold your breath.
“It’s clear these groups won’t rest until every source of legal authority is brought down by the lulz.”
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