How Anonymous gatecrashed FBI-SOCA conference call

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://news.techworld.com/security/3342661/how-anonymous-gatecrashed-fbi-soca-conference-call/

By Jeremy Kirk
Techworld.com
07 March 2012

Court documents released after the stunning roundup of five alleged 
members of Anonymous and LulzSec yesterday shed light on one of the 
groups' more notable hacking escapades.

A 19-year-old Irish man is accused of hacking two Gmail accounts 
belonging to Irish police officers and obtaining dial-in details for a 
January conference call between members of the US Federal Bureau of 
Investigation and the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA).

A recording of the call was released on YouTube on February 3, 
embarrassing investigators on both sides of the Atlantic.

Donncha O'Cearrbhail of Birr, Ireland, is accused of recording the call 
and reaching out to a prominent Anonymous member for help in publicising 
it. But the Anonymous member was secretly working for the FBI, leading 
to O'Cearrbhail's arrest.

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