Hackers report breach of US-based FBI affiliatelol-And ANOTHER one!!!!!
Hackers claim to have stolen nearly 180 passwords from Atlanta-based FBI affiliate
LONDON (AP) -- Nearly 180 passwords belonging to members of aGeorgia-based FBI affiliate have been stolen and leaked to the Internet,hacking group Lulz Security claims, capping a busy week for thepreviously obscure group.
Lulz Security said the passwordsbelonged to members of the Atlanta chapter of Infragard, apublic-private partnership devoted to sharing information about threatsto U.S. physical and Internet infrastructure.
Copies of thepurported passwords -- which appear to belong users from the U.S. Army,cybersecurity organizations and communications companies -- were swiftlyposted online.
The group also claimed to have used one of thepasswords to steal nearly 1,000 work and personal emails from the chiefexecutive of Wilmington, Delaware-based Unveillance LLC.
In astatement, Lulz Security claimed it was acting in response to a recentreport that the Pentagon was considering whether to classify somecyberattacks as acts of war.
It wasn't immediately possible toverify all of the hackers' claims, although the FBI said Sunday that itwas aware of the incident and that steps were being taken to mitigatethe damage.
Infragard's website was briefly defaced before beingtaken down over the weekend. It remained "under construction" Sunday.Emails sent to Infragard and several of its members weren't immediatelyreturned.
Lulz Security describes itself as a group which attacks weakly-protected websites for fun and sport.
EarlierSunday, Nintendo said it had been targeted in a recent attack claimedby Lulz Security. On Thursday, the group boasted of a breach which sawas many as tens of thousands of Sony users' details posted to theInternet.
Lulz Security has claimed credit for defacing the PBSwebsite after the broadcaster aired a documentary seen as critical ofWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Emails and other messagesseeking comment from the group over the past few days have goneunanswered, although it maintains an active presence on microbloggingsite Twitter, where it taunts its opponents and promises more hacks.