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    Hackers claim attack on Ala. government websites

    By ANDY BROWNFIELD | Associated Press – Fri, Feb 10, 2012

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Computer hackers claiming to be from the loose-knit group known as Anonymous say they have broken into several Alabama law enforcement and government websites and have stolen the personal information for more than 46,000 people.

    In an online news release Friday, the group claimed to have taken Social Security numbers, license plate numbers, phone numbers, addresses and criminal records.

    Mobile city spokeswoman Barbara Drummond said Utah authorities alerted officials Thursday night that hackers may be targeting the city. She told The Associated Press that the city shut down its computers to avoid the attack and that the hackers did not gain access to Mobile's servers.

    However, hackers did breach the website of the city webmaster, and took data from a recent program offering amnesty to people with outstanding warrants for municipal offenses.

    Hackers claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous have launched a spate of attacks on law enforcement websites in recent weeks, hitting such cities as Salt Lake City, Boston, Syracuse, N.Y. and Greece. The collective of activists, pranksters and hackers have also targeted financial institutions such as Visa and MasterCard, as well as the Church of Scientology.

    The warrant amnesty information from Mobile had already been made public by the city to encourage people to participate in the amnesty program, Drummond said. She said city technicians are still trying to determine whether some personal information required to log on to that website may have been stolen.

    The group says the attack was prompted by what it called Alabama's "racist legislation" targeting illegal immigrants.

    "You complain about immigrants costing the state money, however, you do not care about spending the same money to protect your own legal citizens," the news release said.

    The group says it will not use the personal information to do damage.

    "Because of the possible cost of lives and money to regular citizens, we are deleting this data and are seeking to make it known that you not only have shown zero regard for immigrants, but for the very citizens that live in the great state of Alabama."

    Officials in other Alabama cities have said they are not aware of being attacked.

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    17 comments

    • JOES
      JOES  •  3 mths ago
      roll tide
    • Black Out
      Black Out  •  3 mths ago
      So that's like someone breaking into my house and leaving the following note. "We broke into your houst b/c we could... If you had better security and agreed with our view points you could have avoided this in the 1st place. We also stole your information... just because we could, but you must trust us that we'll won't sell your information for profit and we plan to delete it... You know you can trust us since, we stole your information in the first place... Yeah... Have a great day, and down with the Feds!"

      - Annonymous.
    • MrMister
      MrMister  •  3 mths ago
      What is this Alabama that you speak of ?
      • k
        k 3 mths ago
        the place your mom humped everyone
    • illuminator
      illuminator  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      what don't they hack rush Limbaugh and those conservative nuts instead of the rest
      • k
        k 3 mths ago
        rest of what?
      • Jose
        Jose 3 mths ago
        Why not hack all the banks and just delete all our debts? hahaha
    • required
      required  •  3 mths ago
      Well....Alabama....you should have hired better IT people to build your government networks and software....oh well.....you get what you pay for...
      • William
        William 3 mths ago
        Tell me about it. We should have learned a lesson from California. We could have hired the mexicans at half-price and then just given the state away.
      • SijanK
        SijanK 3 mths ago
        Most states are so dumb that they won't fund IT until they get their systems breached and classified information stolen
      • k
        k 3 mths ago
        william is an angry alabaman, just go have your sister/wife give ya a good long foot rub ummmmk
    • k
      k  •  Milwaukee, Wisconsin  •  3 mths ago
      alabama has the internet?
      • A Yahoo! User 3 mths ago
        wisconsin has the internet?
      • William
        William 3 mths ago
        Wisconsin is a state?
      • johncnal
        johncnal 3 mths ago
        Shocking isn't it. d8 ^{P
    • DoubleleaningJowler
      DoubleleaningJowler  •  3 mths ago
      Think like US or we'll attack you. Hackers are everything they claim GWB was. Btw..has ASSange gone to prison yet? hurry up and put him away.
      • required
        required 3 mths ago
        Well....don't blame the hackers....bame the incompetent IT people working for the Alabama state government....
      • Blindness of Strangers
        Blindness of Strangers 3 mths ago
        That's Fascist talk. You Voted for GWB twice didn't you.
      • DoubleleaningJowler
        DoubleleaningJowler 3 mths ago
        That isn't a reason to "Break" into a site and steal things now, is it? required? If I find your back window open and come in to steal your stuff, I still committed a crime.
    • Jared
      Jared  •  Boise, Idaho  •  3 mths ago
      No, unfortunately, Alabamans, Jesus is not able to offer protection from hackers at this time... You still need people for that
    • Roniko
      Roniko  •  Jackson, Mississippi  •  3 mths ago
      "We rid the world of everything we don't agree with"
      - Anonymous
    • Prophotoman
      Prophotoman  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      I'd say that there's more than just a fair chance that this group has some connection with either the "Occupy" or "moveon.org" movements. Both communist inspired movements.
    • Lags723
      Lags723  •  3 mths ago
      Anonymous, just remember, if you must do it, do it for the good. Don't hurt good people, and don't get caught.
    • Blindness of Strangers
      Blindness of Strangers  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      Hacking Alabama the best thing you would get is a Virus.
    • Tex-Mex
      Tex-Mex  •  3 mths ago
      What goes around comes around! Dishing out Hate Brings about Hate. Is Arizona Next ?
    • Jelly
      Jelly  •  Torrance, California  •  3 mths ago
      "You complain about immigrants costing the state money, however, you do not care about spending the same money to protect your own legal citizens," the news release said.

      This just doesn't make sense. Of course they spend money to protect their citizens; that's their purpose. These guys think everybody in the world has a right to Alabama's bank account? It's like saying "You won't feed the neighbor kids but you don't mind feeding your own kids." Yeah.... So ???

      This is called 'cognitive dissonance'. They say something that really makes no sense but make it sound reasonable somehow. This leaves a person's mind somewhat confused so the person goes along with the 'reasonable' point of view: i.e., any immigrant who comes to Alabama should be taken care of or you're being racist/intolerant/unfair.

      What this is, is more social Marxism being pushed onto our society.
    • JOES
      JOES  •  3 mths ago
      not skilled enough to pick on a big city ehh
    • Jim
      Jim  •  Westerville, Ohio  •  3 mths ago
      "hitting such cities as Salt Lake City, Boston, Syracuse, N.Y. and Greece."

      Uhh... Greece is not a city. Off-shore the copy writers to India?
    • Fred
      Fred  •  3 mths ago
      It's unfortunate that such smart people have nothing better to do than to devote their lives to hurting people and making them fearful. I mean the victims whose info was divulged
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