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| LulzSec targets Arizona police over immigration law | LulzSec targets Arizona police over immigration law |
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| Arizona's police force has become the latest victim of hacker group LulzSec. | Arizona's police force has become the latest victim of hacker group LulzSec. |
| About 700 confidential documents belonging to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) were stolen and published online. | About 700 confidential documents belonging to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) were stolen and published online. |
| The cache includes e-mails, memos and training manuals as well as intelligence bulletins detailing work with informants. | The cache includes e-mails, memos and training manuals as well as intelligence bulletins detailing work with informants. |
| The group said it had targeted AZDPS because of a controversial state law designed to stop illegal immigration. | The group said it had targeted AZDPS because of a controversial state law designed to stop illegal immigration. |
| "We are aware of computer issues," Steve Harrison, a spokesman for the force told Reuters. "We're looking into it. And of course we're taking additional security safeguards." | "We are aware of computer issues," Steve Harrison, a spokesman for the force told Reuters. "We're looking into it. And of course we're taking additional security safeguards." |
| Sabotage | Sabotage |
| On 24 June, Lulzsec announced that it was putting 400MB of documents on the Pirate Bay file-sharing websitevia a short message on its Twitter feed and a statement on its website. | |
| It said that AZDPS had been targeted because of its role in upholding the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, also known as SB1070. | It said that AZDPS had been targeted because of its role in upholding the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, also known as SB1070. |
| The legislation, passed in 2010, forces legal aliens to carry their ID documents at all times. It also obliges Arizona police to check those papers when they have a reasonable suspicion that a person may be there illegally. | The legislation, passed in 2010, forces legal aliens to carry their ID documents at all times. It also obliges Arizona police to check those papers when they have a reasonable suspicion that a person may be there illegally. |
| As a border state, Arizona is particularly affected by illegal immigration. However, critics believe that SB1070 amounts to racial profiling. | As a border state, Arizona is particularly affected by illegal immigration. However, critics believe that SB1070 amounts to racial profiling. |
| Terror targets | Terror targets |
| Also included in the LulzSec document cache is a Powerpoint presentation about the potential vulnerability of ferries to attack by terrorists, lists of trends in suspicious incidents and a report that drug gangs are using scouts on horseback to evade capture. | Also included in the LulzSec document cache is a Powerpoint presentation about the potential vulnerability of ferries to attack by terrorists, lists of trends in suspicious incidents and a report that drug gangs are using scouts on horseback to evade capture. |
| The theft is part of an initiative Lulzsec kicked off last week called Antisec which is aimed at taking confidential documents from governments, the military and law enforcement agencies. | The theft is part of an initiative Lulzsec kicked off last week called Antisec which is aimed at taking confidential documents from governments, the military and law enforcement agencies. |
| It plans to release a batch of stolen files every week to "purposefully sabotage their efforts to terrorize communities fighting an unjust 'war on drugs'." | It plans to release a batch of stolen files every week to "purposefully sabotage their efforts to terrorize communities fighting an unjust 'war on drugs'." |
| In recent months Lulzsec has carried out attacks on a wide range of targets and has taken down the websites of the US Senate, the CIA and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency. | In recent months Lulzsec has carried out attacks on a wide range of targets and has taken down the websites of the US Senate, the CIA and the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency. |