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Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 05:49 PM
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(Anonymous) Group hacks US law enforcement sites, steals data
Source: AP

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER and NOMAAN MERCHANT

LONDON (AP) - The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a breach that one local police chief said had leaked information about an ongoing investigation.

The loose-knit international hacking collective posted a cache of data to the Web early Saturday, including emails stolen from officers, tips which appeared to come from members of the public, credit card numbers and other sensitive information.

Anonymous said it had stolen 10 gigabytes worth of data in all.

Tim Mayfield, a police chief in small-town Gassville, Arkansas, told The Associated Press that some of the material posted online - pictures of teenage girls in their swimsuits - related to an ongoing investigation, which he declined to discuss further.

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110806/D9OUOK881.html
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 06:42 PM
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1. K&R
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:20 PM
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2. Talk about a cliffhanger edit!
The pictures just hang there in the air like an unanswered question!
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:55 PM
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5. "Well, it was, like I said an 'ongoing investigation', you know..."

"Uh... I mean, you know, we got us some boys who done been investigatin' teenage girls fer what you call something of a permanent investigatin' unit, you know...."
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:38 PM
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3. Will we get a list of the town names?
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 07:46 PM
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4. mmmhhhmmmm...
"ongoing investigation" of a personal nature perhaps?
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greiner3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 08:01 PM
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6. For anyone who wants/needs the torrent;
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-06-11 08:42 PM
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7. Do you know if this stuff gets reposted on Usenet?
I...uh...yeah.

PB
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midnight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-07-11 06:02 AM
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8. K&R
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