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Technology

Hacker Posts FBI, DHS Employee Data

A hacker on Monday published information that exposes the names, titles, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses for thousands of FBI employees, after leaking similar data about 9,000 Department of Homeland Security employees Sunday.

February 9, 2016

Technology

Experts Say Police Agencies Are Prime Targets for Ransomware Attacks

IT teams at law enforcement agencies across the United States have been dealing with an unusual challenge. White collar criminals, mostly based in foreign countries, have begun targeting police departments with “ransomware”—software that infects a computer and overwrites data, making a system inaccessible unless the user pays a ransom via Bitcoin.

December 28, 2015

Technology

'Hacktivists' Outside U.S. Stir Baltimore Unrest via Social Media

Bad actors and so-called "hacktivists" descended on Baltimore — electronically, at least — last week, flooding social media with automated accounts and inauthentic images in an effort to spur violence.

May 4, 2015

Technology

Hackers Launch Attack on Madison Government Sites After Controversial OIS

Cyber attackers are targeting city and county computer systems in Madison, Wisconsin, following last Friday's shooting of a 19-year-old black man by police, city officials say.

March 12, 2015

Patrol

Oakland Police Websites Hacked Over Protest Response

The Oakland police department and city websites were offline on Wednesday and activist hackers from the Anonymous collective who threatened to take action against law enforcement over the Bay Area demonstrations claimed responsibility for the outage.

December 11, 2014

Patrol

Anonymous Shuts Down Cleveland City Website Over Boy's Shooting by Police

International vigilante hacker organization Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down the City of Cleveland's website.

November 24, 2014

Technology

Hackers Bring Down Phoenix PD Internet Access Temporarily

Hackers have attacked the City of Phoenix internet system and over the weekend caused a disruption to the police department's computers, preventing officers from checking databases in their cars. More Here.

October 28, 2014

Technology

Video: Hackers Bring Down Phoenix PD Internet Access Temporarily

Hackers have attacked the City of Phoenix internet system and over the weekend caused a disruption to the police department's computers. Officers couldn't access data via computers in their cars for 45 minutes.

October 28, 2014

Technology

Cyber Terrorism: Preventing Online Assault

Hackers constantly target law enforcement. Whatever the intent, with our dependence on technology it's more important than ever that police agencies protect themselves against cyber terrorist attacks.

September 19, 2014

Patrol

Hackers Attack Police and Government Sites Over Mike Brown Shooting

Ferguson's city website went dark Tuesday morning and the phones died. Anonymous also started releasing information about police officers.

August 13, 2014

Patrol

Hackers Attack Police and Government Sites Over Mike Brown Shooting

Twitter suspended an account associated with the hacker group Anonymous today after the account published the name of the person it said was the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. More Here.

August 13, 2014

Patrol

Video: Hacker Group Anonymous Threatens Ferguson Police

Anonymous has threatened to hack the Ferguson (Mo.) Police Department if any protesters are harmed. The group also says it will release personal information from members of the police department and dump it on the internet.

August 11, 2014