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Anonymous Dumps Australian Telco Data Online

Posted by Soulskill on from the fun-times-down-under dept.

lukehopewell1 writes "After the threats, admissions and delays, hacktivists protesting a data retention scheme proposed by the Australian Government's National Security Inquiry have begun dumping data gleaned from an Australian telco — presumably AAPT. Anonymous is in the process of dumping government and business customer data onto Pastebin for the world to see under the guise of Operation Australia. This episode is far from over, however. We're likely to see more data trickle out over the coming days, considering that the group has promised 40GB worth of leaks."

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  1. Repost day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Hello Slashdot editors!

    http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/27/0222254/hackers-release-aapt-data-to-protest-aussie-policies

  2. Re:stupid people by grcumb · · Score: 4, Informative

    if they did this to prove a point, they could have just posted a sample of the data, but no, they reveal everyones data and show they have as little respect for people as the companies that they target.

    An update in the Gizmodo article states that they did not reveal everyone's data - it was a partial dump containing only business and government account records. So, I think they're taking your advice. Ready to support them now? 8^)

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