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OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#1: Jun 23rd 2011 at 7:46:35 PM

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Hacker collective of the moment Lulz Sec has just released a torrent of data it claims to belong to Arizona law enforcement, in what it calls “Operation Chinga La Migra” (or literally translated ”Fuck the border patrol”).

They claim that the information, widely available via Bit Torrent, includes hundreds of classified documents including personal emails, names and phone numbers. I’ve confirmed by phone that at least one of the addresses posted in the initial release belongs to someone who works in the Arizona police department.

The hacker group says that the Arizona Department of Public Safety was targeted specifically because of the controversial SB 1070 law, which is currently the strictest anti-immigration measure in the US and requires Arizona immigrants to carry registration documents at all times.

From the Lulz Sec press release:

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 SB 1070 and the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona.

The documents classified as “law enforcement sensitive”, “not for public distribution”, and “for official use only” are primarily related to border patrol and counter-terrorism operations and describe the use of informants to infiltrate various gangs, cartels, motorcycle clubs, Nazi groups, and protest movements.

Every week we plan on releasing more classified documents and embarassing [sic] 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”.

Hackers of the world are uniting and taking direct action against our common oppressors – the government, corporations, police, and militaries of the world. See you again real soon! ;D

This adamantly anti-SB 1070 political agenda seems like somewhat of a pivot for the hacker group, which up until now has been adamant about being motivated primarily by “lulz.” It is also probably the grandest actualization yet of its Operation Anti-Security, which it has positioned as a war against all governments.

In any case, taking a stance against racial profiling by “doxing” or dumping personal data like this is a decidedly more serious endeavor than hacking into online gaming communities or even briefly taking down the websites of the Senate and the CIA.

AllanAssiduity Since: Dec, 1969
#2: Jun 23rd 2011 at 7:49:07 PM

Enforcement. /nitpick

How insipid.

MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#3: Jun 23rd 2011 at 7:55:53 PM

Ah, anarchists... they are so amusingly deluded.

OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#4: Jun 23rd 2011 at 7:57:12 PM

[up][up] Not changing it, because the poor spellers of the world need something to cling to.

[up] If they thought they were in hot water just for DDoSing the CIA front page, they've got another thing coming to them.

edited 23rd Jun '11 7:57:27 PM by OurGLORIOUSLeader

AllanAssiduity Since: Dec, 1969
#5: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:07:18 PM

Not changing it, because the poor spellers of the world need something to cling to.
My ankles as I'm kicking them in the face.

=P

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#6: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:11:29 PM

Hackers of the world are uniting

I wonder if they really believe that.

I suppose they've done a bit of reading; "direct action"

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#7: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:15:49 PM

Huh... this'll blow over. The media will lose interest, and then they'll have to pull off an even bigger one. And then the media will... you get the point.

I'm sure there's a term for this kinda behaviour...

MatthewTheRaven Since: Jun, 2009
#8: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:19:59 PM

And then Anonymous starts blowing up immigration patrol vans using magic computers.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#9: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:21:36 PM

[up] S'ok, they learned their lesson the first time and installed curtains and a dog.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#10: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:23:26 PM

And they even have seven proxies.

MatthewTheRaven Since: Jun, 2009
#11: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:32:17 PM

Maybe Mexican hackers started the Arizona wildfires. O NOES. THEY MADE A LITERAL FIREWALL

TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
Lover of masks.
#12: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:40:22 PM

Hang em. For the lulz.

Please.
petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#13: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:52:22 PM

Do they really think they're safe from repercussions?

Belief or disbelief rests with you.
OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#14: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:53:24 PM

They seem to. They'll probably start thinking otherwise when they acquire a taste for tear gas, because support them or not, they're very much getting arrested for this.

petrie911 Since: Aug, 2009
#15: Jun 23rd 2011 at 8:58:22 PM

Well, hopefully this will instill a dose of reality in "hacker" groups.

At the very least, seeing them get smacked down should be good for some lulz.

Belief or disbelief rests with you.
Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ
#16: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:00:19 PM

This has gone too far. This is actively putting police in danger of being killed, and they can be charged with Second Degree murder.

If anything, they should go after the freaking politicians.

Very big Daydream Believer. "That's not knowledge, that's a crapshoot!" -Al Murray "Welcome to QI" -Stephen Fry
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#17: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:15:45 PM

Every week we plan on releasing more classified documents and embarassing [sic] 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".

Oh look, more drug-fueled anarchists. Why am I not surprised?

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#18: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:21:58 PM

They made an ASCII graphic for their torrent:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/808/screenshot20110624at121.png/

Remember when people used to be smart?

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#19: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:22:12 PM

Yes, more Anarchists who are fighting government and the oh so oppressive authority because they cannot get high.

Well, with this, I think its about time someone started hunting them down. Shoot the anarchists first, ask questions later.

Sign on for this After The End Fantasy RP.
MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#20: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:23:40 PM

Every time I see a radical pro-druggie group like this, doing shit like this, I lose sympathy for them.

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#21: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:25:40 PM

Yet another good example of exactly why I'm against this.

edited 23rd Jun '11 9:25:50 PM by DrunkGirlfriend

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
OurGLORIOUSLeader Since: Dec, 1969
#22: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:26:43 PM

Against what? The War on Drugs or the end of the War on Drugs?

DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#23: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:29:28 PM

The end of. They need to be cracking down harder before more people get sucked into the drug-culture that promotes this sort of shit.

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apacalypse. from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apacalypse.
#24: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:36:16 PM

DGF: You do realize most stoners don't give a fuck. That loons like this are the minority.

Who watches the watchmen?
DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#25: Jun 23rd 2011 at 9:37:22 PM

Isn't that how politics work though? The vocal minority takes control, then the world goes to shit?

"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -Drunkscriblerian

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