Hackers dump secret info for thousands of cops

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/01/missouri_cops_hacked/

By Dan Goodin in San Francisco
The Register
1st August 2011

Hackers said they posted the names, addresses, and other personal 
information of 7,000 law enforcement officers that were stolen from a 
training academy website they compromised.

Many of the entries also included the officers' social security numbers, 
email addresses, and the usernames and passwords for their accounts on 
the Missouri Sheriff's Association training website. One of the 
identified individuals confirmed with The Register that the data listed 
for him in the 938 KB file was accurate.

AntiSec, a group affiliated with the Anonymous hacking collective, 
claimed responsibility and said the data dump was made in retaliation 
for the recent arrest of 14 people accused of participating in a web 
attack in December that strained server capacity for PayPal.

“Releasing the names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, telephone 
numbers, and credentials of hundreds and hundreds of law enforcement 
personnel is of tremendous concern to law enforcement and to the 
citizens these officers are sworn to protect,” Nick Selby wrote on the 
Police-Led Intelligence blog, which reported on the compromise earlier.

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