BOSTON (CBS/AP) – Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous.
Breaches were reported this week in Boston, Syracuse, N.Y., Salt Lake City and Greece.
Hackers gained access to the Salt Lake City Police Department website that gathers citizen complaints about drug and other crimes, including phone numbers, addresses and other personal data of informants, police said.
The website remained down Friday as police worked to make it more secure.
Boston Police Department’s website was hacked Friday morning by the group, which claimed retaliation for police action during the Occupy Boston eviction.
The hackers posted a music video by 80s rapper KRS-One on the website with a message that threatened “more mayhem.”
Friday’s incident was the second time BPD had been hacked. Hackers referenced the
initial cyber attack in their statement on bpdnews.com.
