Thom Hartmann: Are Hacktivists becoming the new journalists? Lulzsec releases arizona police files. PIRATE HACKERS AT YOUR EXPENSE Lulzsec has released a slew of confidential documents it lifted right out from under the nose of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, fulfilling its promise to leak secret government information.
The group issued its 'Chinga La Migra bulletin' in a release on its web site. The bulletin is a massive document detailing a huge number of files. The document, which is available as a torrent download, contains "private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords", according to the bulletin. "We are targeting AZDPS specifically because we are against SB1070 (Arizona Senate Bill 1070, an anti-immigration law) and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona," Lulzsec wrote.
LulzSec targets Arizona police over immigration law. 24 June 2011Last updated at 11:58 Arizona's legislation requiring immigrants to carry their papers sparked widespread protests.
Arizona's police force has become the latest victim of hacker group LulzSec. About 700 confidential documents belonging to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) were stolen and published online. LulzSec leaks Arizona law enforcement papers (Updated with excerpts) LulzSec announced Thursday evening the publication at Pirate Bay of a trove of leaked material from Arizona law enforcement agencies.
Arizona's Department of Public Safety confirmed shortly thereafter that it was hacked. In the press release included with the dump, a LulzSec affiliate outlines a more activist agenda than is usually associated with the group. We are releasing hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement. Releases/chinga_la_migra_1.txt. LulzSec: Arizona clowns confirm doc... Leaked Arizona Border Patrol Slaughter (Original)