Hunted hackers spy on FBI, Scotland Yard

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/5/hunted-hackers-spy-fbi-scotland-yard/

By Shaun Waterman
The Washington Times
February 5, 2012

Hackers being hunted by police worldwide eavesdropped on FBI and 
Scotland Yard officers investigating them.

The Internet outlaws, part of a loose coalition called Anonymous, got 
access to a telephone conference call between U.S. and British 
investigators and then posted a recording of their conversation on 
Friday.

“The FBI might be curious how we’re able to continuously read their 
internal comm[unication]s for some time now,” boasted Anonymous in a 
tweet last week.

In the 16-minute conference call, FBI agents, including one from the Los 
Angeles field office, and officers from Scotland Yard’s Internet crimes 
unit discuss confidential and sensitive details of their ongoing 
investigation into Anonymous.

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