AntiSec hackers post stolen police data as revenge for arrests

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20089054-245/antisec-hackers-post-stolen-police-data-as-revenge-for-arrests/

LAS VEGAS--In retaliation for arrests, the AntiSec hackers say they've
released their "largest cache yet" of data stolen from law enforcement
agencies in the U.S., including personal information, private e-mails,
passwords, training files, data from informants, Social Security
Numbers, and stolen credit card information from an online sheriff's
store.

The news of the latest attacks comes on the second day of the DefCon
hacker conference here, where attendees have been playing a digital
hacker version of "Where's Waldo" to try to spot one of the more
notorious hackers associated with the group, who goes by the handle
"Sabu." Using the Twitter profile @AnonymouSabu, the hacker has been
taunting others who are trying to unmask him and teasing about showing
up at the conference.

The data dump, dubbed "Shooting Sheriffs Saturday Release," was done
to "embarrass, discredit and incriminate police officers across the
U.S.," the group said in a statement on Pastebin that estimated that
there was more than 10GB of data. A sampling of the domains listed as
defaced or otherwise attacked were inaccessible this morning.

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