Syracuse PD site hacked, Anonymous claims attack
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse police say the department's website has been hacked in an attack claimed by the online collective Anonymous, one of a number this week targeting police.
Sgt. Tom Connellan, the department spokesman, says names and passwords of people authorized to alter the site were lifted Wednesday and posted on Twitter. He says the site featuring public news is maintained by an outside company and wasn't linked to department systems with private information about officers or citizens. It remains shut down Friday while the FBI and state police investigate. An online posting attributed to Anonymous says it hit the department in part because of what is says was a failure to aggressively pursue child abuse allegations against formed Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine. Also hacked this week were police in Boston and Salt Lake City. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
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