Computer hackers target Arizona DPS

by KTAR.com (June 23rd, 2011 @ 6:59pm

The group of computer hackers known as "LulzSec" released their latest data dump, taking on the Arizona DPS as a protest to SB 1070.

A press release from the group said, "We are releasing hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement. We are targeting AZDPS specifically because we are against SB1070 and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona."

LulzSec says this is just the start, as they plan on releasing more classified documents and personal details of military and law enforcement.

"Every week we plan on releasing more classified documents and embarassing personal details of military and law enforcement in an effort not just to reveal their racist and corrupt nature but to purposefully sabotage their efforts to terrorize communities fighting an unjust "war on drugs."

Calls to several Arizona law enforcement agencies have not been returned, but the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said they were "investigating" the group's claims.

The attack seems to have caught law enforcement unawares, as MCSO said they were notified of the attack not by their computers, but by a message posted to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Twitter account.

"They actually did post something on the Sheriff's Twitter page," MSCO spokesperson Joseph Rango said. "That's how we found out about it. I don't know if that's something they're trying to use to get their message across because of how many people are following the sheriff."

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