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| Anonymous 'intercept FBI and Scotland Yard phone call' | Anonymous 'intercept FBI and Scotland Yard phone call' |
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| Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police in which they discuss efforts against hacking. | Hacking network Anonymous has released a recording of a conference call between the FBI and UK police in which they discuss efforts against hacking. |
| The call, said to have taken place last month, covers the tracking of Anonymous and similar groups, dates of planned arrests and evidence details. | |
| Anonymous also published an email, apparently from the FBI, showing the email addresses of call participants. | Anonymous also published an email, apparently from the FBI, showing the email addresses of call participants. |
| The FBI confirmed the intercept and said it was hunting those responsible. | The FBI confirmed the intercept and said it was hunting those responsible. |
| "The information was intended for law enforcement officers only and was illegally obtained. A criminal investigation is under way to identify and hold accountable those responsible," it said in a statement. | "The information was intended for law enforcement officers only and was illegally obtained. A criminal investigation is under way to identify and hold accountable those responsible," it said in a statement. |
| British police at Scotland Yard said the matter was being investigated but that no operational risks had been identified. | |
| A comment on one of the Twitter accounts linked to Anonymous, AnonymousIRC, said: "The FBI might be curious how we're able to continuously read their internal comms for some time now." | A comment on one of the Twitter accounts linked to Anonymous, AnonymousIRC, said: "The FBI might be curious how we're able to continuously read their internal comms for some time now." |
| Correspondents say the release of the phone call and email addresses will be highly embarrassing for the authorities. | Correspondents say the release of the phone call and email addresses will be highly embarrassing for the authorities. |
| Greek attack | Greek attack |
| According to the alleged email, the 17-minute phone call took place on 17 January. It was unclear how Anonymous had managed to obtain the recording. | According to the alleged email, the 17-minute phone call took place on 17 January. It was unclear how Anonymous had managed to obtain the recording. |
| The email was sent to law enforcement officials in the US, UK, Sweden, Ireland and other countries, inviting them to "discuss the on-going investigations related to Anonymous, Lulzsec, Antisec, and other associated splinter groups". | The email was sent to law enforcement officials in the US, UK, Sweden, Ireland and other countries, inviting them to "discuss the on-going investigations related to Anonymous, Lulzsec, Antisec, and other associated splinter groups". |
| In the call, British and American voices, said to be those of police and FBI agents, discuss the names of some of the people they were tracking and plans for legal action. | In the call, British and American voices, said to be those of police and FBI agents, discuss the names of some of the people they were tracking and plans for legal action. |
| Usernames are included but some of the real names of people being investigated appear to have been bleeped out. | Usernames are included but some of the real names of people being investigated appear to have been bleeped out. |
| Among those discussed are several British men accused of being behind cyber attacks in the US and UK, including Jake Davis and Ryan Cleary who were arrested last year. | |
| The police also refer to a 15-year-old who claims to have been behind an attack on online gaming site Steam, where the identities and credit card details of thousands of users were accessed. | |
| A Twitter user going by the same name has since tweeted: "lol.. Still I never got arrested lol." | |
| One of the British voices on the recording says UK police have made mistakes in previous investigations. | One of the British voices on the recording says UK police have made mistakes in previous investigations. |
| Anonymous is a loose collective of hackers, anarchists and pranksters who have targeted the websites of a range of governments, companies, law enforcement agencies and individuals in recent years. | Anonymous is a loose collective of hackers, anarchists and pranksters who have targeted the websites of a range of governments, companies, law enforcement agencies and individuals in recent years. |
| Also on Friday, hackers operating under the Anonymous name took over the website of Greece's justice ministry, prompting officials to take the site down. | Also on Friday, hackers operating under the Anonymous name took over the website of Greece's justice ministry, prompting officials to take the site down. |
| The hackers said the action was a protest against Greece's signing of a global copyright treaty and the government's handling of the economic crisis. | |
| The website was replaced with a video of a figure wearing the symbolic white mask of Anonymous supporters, saying: "Democracy was given birth in your country but you have killed it." | The website was replaced with a video of a figure wearing the symbolic white mask of Anonymous supporters, saying: "Democracy was given birth in your country but you have killed it." |