German police hacked, suspect tracking data stolen

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http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/263119,german-police-hacked-suspect-tracking-data-stolen.aspx

German police hacked, suspect tracking data stolen
By Darren Pauli on Jul 9, 2011 2:57 AM
Filed under Hackers

Usernames, passwords, and coordinates stolen in data haul.

Hackers have broken into the German Federal Police and swiped location 
data used to track suspects.

The attack launched by the left-wing n0-N4m3 Cr3w hacking group 
compromised a server used by the country's Customs service.

It then published the contents including location coordinates, license 
plate and telephone numbers, police usernames and passwords, and a GPS 
application.

The group said in a translated statement that the attack was in response 
to what it called censorship by the German Government including 
communications interception and use of biometrics.

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