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Lulzsec and Anonymous Hackers leak over 10GB of Law Enforcement Agency Details
- GHFigs 15y agoWhy?
- burgerbrain 15y agoRead the article: "We hope that not only will dropping this info demonstrate the inherently corrupt nature of law enforcement using their own words, as well as result in possibly humiliation, firings, and possible charges against several officers, but that it will also disrupt and sabotage their ability to communicate and terrorize communities. We are doing this in solidarity with Topiary and the Anonymous PayPal LOIC defendants as well as all other political prisoners who are facing the gun of the crooked court system. We stand in support of all those who struggle against the injustices of the state and capitalism using whatever tactics are most effective, even if that means breaking their laws in order to expose their corruption. You may bust a few of us, but we greatly outnumber you, and you can never stop us from continuing to destroy your systems and leak your data."
- aysar 15y agoShit just got real...
- flatline 15y agoUgh, the personal data and "snitch list" seem particularly bad to release. It does raise the question as to why this stuff is on remotely accessible servers, but still, it seems like this is just a freebie handout to identity thieves and perhaps worse for the snitch list?
- lallysingh 15y agoWhen I saw the snitch list, I assumed it was a message to any would-be snitches that know anything about Lulsec.
- burgerbrain 15y agoFrom the release: "We have no sympathy for any of the officers or informants who may be endangered by the release of their personal information. For too long they have been using and abusing our personal information, spying on us, arresting us, beating us, and thinking that they can get away with oppressing us in secrecy. Well it's retribution time: we want them to experience just a taste of the kind of misery and suffering they inflict upon us on an everyday basis. Let this serve as a warning to would-be snitches and pigs that your leaders can no longer protect you: give up and turn on your masters now before it's too late." You must remember, despite what the police would like you to believe most "snitches" are not little old ladies reporting violent crimes. Edit: Yeah, just read through about half of these. Most of them are along the vein of "My neighbours keeps to themselves, therefore they do drugs". Fuck these people. I did get a chuckle out of "jessica bruno - knows who set fire to land excavator equipment" though. The thought of setting a bulldozer on fire absurdly amusing to me for some reason ;)
- tptacek 15y ago"Yeah, just read through about half of these. Most of them are along the vein of "My neighbours keeps to themselves, therefore they do drugs". Fuck these people" If anyone wonders why I flag stories like this, here's a good example.
- burgerbrain 15y ago
- maeon3 15y agoMost people are going to says lulzsec is doing something illegal and immoral here. Consider a different example: A bank robber robs a bank, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars, then proceeds to hand out the money to anyone who wants it. Who are you more mad at? The bank robber who figured out a way to steal the money, or the bank who has no clue how the money was stolen?
- eric-hu 15y agoI was with them until the snitch list. These aren't exactly people abusing power (AFAIK). If there was one particular person among the snitch list that was interesting, they should've just cited that one. Releasing the entire list can seriously endanger some innocent people. Overall I still like that they're trying to wrest power from those who abuse it, but I think it hurts their stance to cause collateral damage like that.
- meatsock 15y agothe reason snitches talk is because they ran out of ways to avoid prosecution, so i feel the innocent would be the minority in that group, as the police wouldn't have anything on them to compel cooperation.
- rbanffy 15y agoRegardless of why snitches talk, it's a basic assumption that their collaboration will be rewarded by the protection against retaliation by those they inform on. If those snitches are helping the investigation of violent crimes, it's really, really irresponsible to release their identities.
- rhizome 15y agoI have to say this is the first time I've seen someone argue that confidential informants receive special protection from Law Enforcement outside of the Witness Protection Program, which is a federal thing and quite specific (and limited) in its application. Do you have a reference for this "basic assumption?"
- Flam 15y agoAlso on that site, I just noticed he posted admin and db info for MIT damn
- Estragon 15y agoIs there a list somewhere of all these different leaks? It is getting hard to keep track, these days.
- aj700 15y agoIsn't the main problem that technology moves so fast that the only way to have an organisation (that must) be secure is to staff it with teenagers. You can have incompetent but responsible adults or competent but irresponsible teenagers. Choose one?
- scotth 15y agoThat's absurd. Why would a teenager know more than an adult about security?
- aj700 15y agoThe hackers are kids, the people getting broken into are adults, so apparently they do know more.
- nTsplnk 15y agoThis is a really bad generalization. We don't know how old most of these hackers really even are. But let's just say, for sake of discussion, they were all kids. That doesn't necessarily mean they are more talented or know more. They are more focused, perhaps? The US government has fallen behind in cyber security. That doesn't mean the people they employ aren't as good as these hackers. In fact, the government probably holds them back.
- hugh3 15y agoMove over, Wikileaks, there's an even bigger group of cunts with even lower ethical standards in town! This will not end well.
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- Joakal 15y agoAre all these USA-only?
- palish 15y agoSomeone who isn't me had this to say: "Be careful, the mail archive contains dozens of .exe virus files. Verified by SecurityEssentials. If you accidentally run them then you'll infect yourself. (This implies many of the officers are using infected computers, since these exes are in their email.)"