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An Austrian hackers group has published the names and home addresses of 24,938 police officials sparking fears that many could be targeted by criminals. Police say the data published by the Austrian branch of the global hacker collective "Anonymous", known as AnonAustria contained private information for officials ranging from beat officers through to senior commanders.
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
With no apparent motive to this anon hack it just seems like flase flag.
Originally posted by KySc5
Hm? Austria? Are there really some corrupt cops there? I mean,yes there are corrupt cops everywhere, but how bad is it in Austria? Can someone explain?
Also, if it appears as if the corruption is not that bad, then why target them?
Originally posted by Jepic
Why not target US police? They would deserve it more than Austrian police.
Originally posted by CrimsonMoon
Originally posted by Jepic
Why not target US police? They would deserve it more than Austrian police.
Anonymous don't 'target' anyone, they are script kiddies, they just trawl the web running scripts till they find a vulnerable site then they make that a target, simply because they can get in simply.
This is why their attacks are so random, and why they have not targeted other police forces, because they don't have the required skill set.
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
With no apparent motive to this anon hack it just seems like flase flag.
Originally posted by seachange
reply to post by HedyLamarr
No explanation as to why it was blamed on anonymous exists in the article. Are all hacker groups automatically "anonymous" to the author? That could very well be the case for all we know. If it was anonymous, then an explanation would have been provided like with every attack they've ever taken responsibility for that I know of, so therefore it more likely was not anonymous.
Originally posted by Fractured.Facade
Clever diversion, but which Anonymous was REALLY behind this one?