Hackers publish US crime data in retaliation to British arrest
Hackers in the United States have published a wealth of information stolen from the computer systems of US police departments in retaliation for the arrest of a British member – 18 year old Jake Davis from Shetland.
Members of hacking collectives Anonymous and Lulzsec have claimed responsibility for the breaches, which included credit card details, social security info and other private data, in a bid to expose the “inherently corrupt” nature of policing and to “disrupt and sabotage their ability to communicate and terrorise communities.”
In a statement attached to the file the hackers said: “"We have no sympathy for any of the officers or informants who may be endangered by the release of their personal information".
The files were obtained from 77 separate law enforcement offices and included 100,000 private emails and the identities of witnesses and informants.