In a hack it dubbed "Monday Mail Mayhem," Anonymous claims to have collected and released 1.7GB of data from the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday.
"Within the booty you may find lots of shiny things such as internal emails, and the entire database dump," the hacker group wrote on the AnonNews Web site. "We Lulzed as they took the website down after being owned, clearly showing they were scared of what inevitably happened."
The group did not specifically say why it initiated the attack. Instead, it cryptically announced that, "We are releasing data to spread information, to allow the people to be heard and to know the corruption in their government. We are releasing it to end the corruption that exists, and truly make those who are being oppressed free."
The message was accompanied by a downloadable torrent hosted by The Pirate Bay that apparently had all the 1.7GB of data.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57439718-83/anonymous-attacks-justice-dept-nabbing-1.7gb-of-data/
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