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Hackers just leaked sensitive files from over 200 police departments that are searchable by badge number
(www.businessinsider.com)
Rad but this was 3 years ago.
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2024
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Ah the year 2020. What a shiteshow it was.
I was hoping BlueLeaks had been added to since originally being posted in 2020. I was excited there for a bit but alas…
Sounds like a good shit show.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Many of the documents purport to show how law-enforcement agencies have been sharing information about COVID-19, George Floyd protesters, and even tweets critical of the police.
A memo obtained by the security reporter Brian Krebs said hackers compromised Netsential's servers and stole files hosted by fusion centers, or state agencies that facilitate information sharing among police departments.
The leaked files indicate that the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies have been keeping close tabs on social-media accounts that they believe are organizing protests over the death of George Floyd.
One unclassified FBI memo to police departments in late May said that "law enforcement supporters' safety" could be in danger, citing two tweets about destroying "blue lives matter" paraphernalia.
Other internal memos included in the leak showed police departments exchanging information about specific clothing, signs, and cars of protesters deemed potential threats.
Similar to WikiLeaks, DDoSecrets says that it acts as a forum to publish leaked information while keeping the identities of hackers a secret and that it is "uninvolved in the exfiltration of data."
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