While America watched the Superbowl, a hacker released details of 9,000 DHS employees, followed by data from 22,000 FBI workers
The anonymous hacker leaked the sensitive data on Sunday night and the rest on Monday
Twitter account called ‘Penis’ tweeted link to data with password: ‘lol’
The pro-Palestine hacker leaked the data as a protest to the American government’s support of Israel
But a DOJ spokesperson has played down the leak saying it is unclear if the leaked data even carries sensitive information
By ALEXANDRA GENOVA
DAILYMAIL.COM
9 February 2016
An anonymous hacker has leaked sensitive data from over 20,000 supposed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employees and over 9,000 alleged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees, says Intel Group.
The cybercriminal carried out one half of the hack right after the Superbowl kick off on Sunday night, which was watched by 114.4 million viewers.
The hacker published a list of 9,000 DHS employees and on Monday he sent this message attached to the dump: ‘Long Live Palestine, Long Live Gaza’ along with the hashtag ‘#FreePalestine’, with the rest of the hacked information.
The hacker, whose Twitter account is ‘Penis’ tweeted: ‘ALL DHS EMPLOYEES (9,000) NAMES, TITLES, PHONE NUMBER, STATE, EMAIL. Pass is lol’, followed by a link to the sensitive information.
The account has been tweeting frequently since the dump, one reads: ‘Be sure to tweet #FreePalestine to bring awareness to all the kids dying by Israeli bombs that the US government funds!’
While another says: ‘FBI and DHS info is dropped and that’s all we came to do, so now its time to go, bye folks! #FreePalestine’
Motherboard, who has had direct contact with the hacker, said it had been sent a copy of the data on Sunday, which included names, email addresses (many of which are non-public) and job descriptions such as task force deputy director, security specialist, special agent.
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