Hacktivists take down sheriff's website
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Hacktivists take down sheriff's website
MILLARD K. IVES | Staff Writer
millardives@dailycommercial.com
Hackers claim they have stolen 40 gigabytes worth of files from Lake County Sheriff's Office in an attack that shut down the department's Internet as well as its email capabilities for the past few days.
According to an online article published on Softpedia.com, the hackers claimed to have leaked login credentials, communication codes, manuals and official bulletins from the U.S. Department of Justice.
One of the hackers who participated in the attack on April 27 told Softpedia that out of the 40 gigabytes of stolen data, around 35 gigabytes represented forensic software and other applications used by law enforcement agencies.
The other 5 gigabytes, which were dumped, are made up of reports that detail LCSO operations such as Op Inmate Intelli-gence Gathering, Softpedia said. The files also included corporate security IPDR reports from Sprint Nextel, which demonstrate how the telecom hands over private information to authorities.
The hackers claimed to be with AntiSec, a group affiliated with Anonymous, which has hacked various corporate and government websites.
Lt. John Herrell, sheriff's spokesman, said Tuesday he could not elaborate on details of the hacking or confirm if any files have been stolen, adding the FBI is now leading the investigation.
"I can just say there was an unauthorized intrusion and the system was breached," Herrell said.
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