14 DAY TRIAL // Hackers associated with Operation Anti-Security (AntiSec) have leaked sensitive information and defaced several websites belonging to the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).
In a press release entitled "Chinga La Migra Communique 3" the hackers announce that their release includes the usernames, passwords and email addresses of over 1,200 officers.
"Additionally we are leaking hundreds of private FOP documents and several more mail spools belonging to FOP presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, a police chief, and the FOP Labor Council executive directory and webmaster whose insecure web development skills was responsible for this whole mess," they write.
The documents and leaked emails allegedly contain racist remarks, as well as anti-muslim and anti-Obama jokes. The credit card information and PayPal account of FOP president Brandon L Musgrave is also included in the release.
The hackers claim that they've had this information for some time and have been searching for dirt and personal info through it. However, the spools proved too much for them to analyze on their own.
"We are seeking community assistance in going through everybody's inbox to retrieve and expose their secrets. Go forth and bring mayhem to the lives of these corrupt officers, and tell us what you find," the hackers write.
The Arizona police was originally targeted by LulzSec, the notorious hacking outfit that has since disbanded. The group claimed its actions were in retaliation to Arizona's SB1070, also known as the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act and widely considered to be the strictest anti-illegal immigration legislation in the United States history.
LulzSec's members have since joined Anonymous, the larger hacktivist collective which vowed to carry on the group's AntiSec campaign against corrupt governments and organizations. It's very likely that this latest data dump comes from people formerly associated with LulzSec.