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Hackers Publish Personal Data On Thousands of US Police Officers, Federal Agents (techcrunch.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers, TechCrunch has learned. The hackers breached three sites associated with the FBI National Academy Association, a coalition of different chapters across the U.S. promoting federal and law enforcement leadership and training located at the FBI training academy in Quantico, VA. The hackers exploited flaws on at least three of the organization's chapter websites -- which we're not naming -- and downloaded the contents of each web server. The hackers then put the data up for download on their own website, which we're also not naming nor linking to given the sensitivity of the data. The spreadsheets contained about 4,000 unique records after duplicates were removed, including member names, a mix of personal and government email addresses, job titles, phone numbers and their postal addresses. The FBINAA could not be reached for comment outside of business hours. If we hear back, we'll update. "We hacked more than 1,000 sites," said the hacker. "Now we are structuring all the data, and soon they will be sold. I think something else will publish from the list of hacked government sites." When asked if they were worried that the files they put up for download would put federal agents and law enforcement at risk, the hacker said: "Probably, yes." The hacker claimed to have "over a million data" [sic] on employees across several U.S. federal agencies and public service organizations.
Are you claiming that where you live, crime never happens unless there's a cop around? I see a simple solution to your crime problem.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
Sure, no place is completely safe.
But there are countries where Joe the Plumber isn't allowed to open carry a bump stock modified AK47 just because he has a small penis.
Bump stocks are for dipshits. If you want to modify an AK47 for full auto, you can google "ak47 full auto mod" and find out how to do it. Do it from a McDonalds or something if you actually plan to do it, I don't own any AKs (or even ARs) so I just went ahead and did it from my browser :p
In those countries, people are allowed to carry flammable materials, and drive cars. You could kill a whole building full of people with a car, some wood, and some matches. Just block one exit with a car, and one exit with a fire.
The odds of being killed by a mass shooter are minuscule. I still think we should take steps to reduce mass shootings, but banning bump stocks was masturbatory.
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