Hackers steal data of 2, 000 people in attack on Fine Gael website

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The Irish Times
January 11, 2011

TWO INVESTIGATIONS are under way by gardaí and the Office of the Data
Protection Commissioner following the theft of personal data belonging
to 2,000 members of the public from a Fine Gael website on Sunday night.

The party contacted gardaí yesterday after media outlets were e-mailed
by someone claiming to be from online activist group Anonymous.

The e-mail claimed the group, which has been waging a campaign of cyber
attacks in defence of WikiLeaks, was responsible for the attack against
the Fine Gael website.

A party spokesman said the ?extremely sophisticated intervention? on
Fine Gael?s US-hosted website is also likely to be investigated by
federal authorities.

Emblazoned with the Enda Kenny-attributed quote ?One of the big failings
of politicians is that they talk too much and don?t listen enough,? the
Fine Gael website invited users to submit comments along with contact
details.

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