Colombian Police Hit by Hackers

Colombian hackers affiliated with Anonymous' AntiSec movement have hacked into a database belonging to the national police and leaked confidential information found inside.

The hackers uploaded a PDF file online which contains various pieces of information including easy to crack password hashes.

"Today we have joined our Anonymous brothers. Never forgive. Never forget," the hackers wrote in their announcement.

In addition to password hashes, the attackers also published the names together with email and home addresses of many police officers.

In some cases they even posted their personal identification (social security) numbers, links to their online profiles and even information about their family members.

"Each of the following @policia.gov.co email address has been spammed with over 250 messages against the false independence," write the hackers who encourage others do the same.

The AntiSec movement originally started by LulzSec and now carried on by Anonymous has garnered significant support from hackers who weren't previously associated with any of the the two groups.

Brazilian hackers showed their support for the campaign since its early days and those from other countries followed. In the US, hackers leaked information belonging to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (ADPS) and the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).

The German Federal Police is also dealing with a data breach after hackers leaked confidential data stolen from its systems and claim to have much more. A hacker group claims to have had trojans running on police computers for almost a year.

Earlier this week the FBI arrested sixteen individuals suspected of being involved in attacks orchestrated by Anonymous. Four more were arrested in the Netherlands and one in the United Kingdom. The hacktivists remains defiant and claims there's nothing law enforcement authorities can do to stop it.