Pro-Assange Data Burglar: UK police website has been hacked, exposing usernames, unencrypted passwords and other sensitive login details for more than 90 serving officers

Posted: 2012/08/31 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Network Security, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports

The hacker claims to be a sympathiser of Julian Assange, who is holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London to avoid extradition to Sweden, and the digital break-in is seen as a protest against efforts by UK police to arrest the Wikileaker-in-chief.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/31/herts_police_website_hack/

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