AntiSec Group has successfully hacked US law enforcement networks

Yesterday, the AntiSec group announced the successful hacking of computer networks of a number of US law enforcement agencies. Hacking was performed to steal data. Representatives of the group said that they managed to get a huge amount of information, which includes personal data of the police and other law enforcement officials, including e-mail, passwords, data from informants, social security numbers, credit card numbers.



The attackers called the stolen data "Shooting Sheriffs Saturday Release". The AntiSec group has already stated that the hacking was carried out in order to “embarrass, discredit and denounce US police”. More than 10 gigabytes of data was stolen. Some sources claim that not only AntiSec was involved in the hacking, but also Lulzsec with Anonymous.

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This whole action, as it turned out, was connected with the arrest of a representative of Lulzsec and some other hackers, who in their address hackers call "political prisoners". The attackers consider themselves to be victims, and the whole action with the hacking of law enforcement networks is something like revenge, not only for the arrest of some representatives of various hacker groups, but also for the fact that the police “spied on us, arrested us, trashed us and thought they can crush us. ”



The hacking participants stated that they easily gained access to police databases, almost without any problems. Hacking was successfully carried out in about a day. Were hacked sites related to law enforcement, and the number of hacked sites reaches 70. Until now, according to hackers, the compromised servers work with embedded backdoors, and the passwords of most of the compromised users, including ruts, have not changed.



The stolen credit card data was used to make charitable (I wonder if that word is applicable now?) Contributions to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Bradley Manning Support Network.



Via Cnet.com