Hackers post private files of America's biggest police union
by Jon Swaine and George Joseph in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#126PA)
Names and addresses of officers, forum posts critical of Barack Obama, and controversial contracts were posted online in the Fraternal Order of Police hack
Private files belonging to America's biggest police union, including the names and addresses of officers, forum posts critical of Barack Obama, and controversial contracts made with city authorities, were posted online Thursday after a hacker breached its website.
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which says it represents about 330,000 law enforcement officers across the US, said the FBI was investigating after 2.5GB of data taken from its servers was dumped online and swiftly shared on social media. The union's national site, fop.net, remained offline on Thursday evening.