Hackers post private files of America's biggest police union

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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/28/fraternal-order-of-police-hacked-fbi-investigation-data-servers

By Jon Swaine and George Joseph in New York
The Guardian
28 January 2016

Private files belonging to America’s biggest police union, including the 
names and addresses of officers, forum posts critical of Barack Obama, and 
controversial contracts made with city authorities, were posted online 
Thursday after a hacker breached its website.

The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which says it represents about 
330,000 law enforcement officers across the US, said the FBI was 
investigating after 2.5GB of data taken from its servers was dumped online 
and swiftly shared on social media. The union’s national site, fop.net, 
remained offline on Thursday evening.

“We have contacted the office of the assistant attorney general in charge 
of cyber crime, and officials from FBI field offices have already made 
contact with our staff,” Chuck Canterbury, the FOP’s national president, 
said in an interview.

The FBI did not respond to a request to confirm that it was investigating.

Canterbury said he was confident that no sensitive personal information or 
financial details of their members had been obtained. “Some names and 
addresses were taken,” he said. “It concerns us. We’re taking steps to try 
to notify our members but that is going to take some time.”

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