Jul 12, 2011 11:55 GMT  ·  By

Following their attack against Booz Allen Hamilton, the Anonymous hacking collective has declared war on the entire intelligence community and claims to be preparing its largest releases yet.

There were rumors that AntiSec hackers are working on something big since yesterday when Sabu, the suspected leader of the now-defunct LulzSec hacking outfit tweeted: "ATTN Intelligence community: Your contractors have failed you. Tomorrow is the beginning. #ANONYMOUS #ANTISEC."

Sabu's warning came through hours later when 90,000 email addresses and hashed passwords belonging to military personnel were dumped on ThePirateBay.

The data was extracted from compromised servers belonging to military contractor and consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton.

Following the data leak, Sabu revealed that this wasn't even the biggest one his crew had prepared. "We are working on two of the biggest releases for Anonymous in the last 4 years. Put your helmets on. It is war," he announced.

Anonymous' beef with the intelligence community, aside from the fact that it stands against the group's core freedom of information ideology, stems from things uncovered during the HBGary Federal attack.

Back in February, following threats from HBGary Federal to expose members of the group, Anonymous hackers broke into the company's network, stole internal emails and published them on the Internet for the entire world to see.

The emails revealed that the company was involved in ethically and morally questionable business with other contractors and the government, like designing rootkits and supporting the intimidation of journalists.

"Celebration soon gave way to fascination, followed by horror, as scandal after scandal radiated from the company's internal files, scandals spanning the government, corporate and financial spheres. This was no mere trolling. Anonymous had uncovered a monster," the group writes in its Booz Allan Hamilton press release. The hacktivists are now determined to uncover the real extent of these practices by hacking into the systems of other government agencies and contractors.