Anonymous & LulzSec Hacks US Police, Releases 10GB Of Confidential Data

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10 GB of confidential data – think social security numbers, credit card info, passwords, addresses, private email addresses, and so on and so forth. These are the kinds of information the hacking collective called AntiSec (Anonymous and LulzSec) has released following a retaliatory attack on U.S. law enforcement web sites.

Five of the credit cards details revealed to the public were used to make “involuntary donations” to some organizations such as a support group for Bradley Manning, the US military man accused of funneling sensitive information to WikiLeaks. The hacking of the U.S. law enforcement sites comes as revenge for the recent arrests of some of the hacking groups’ members including high-profile LulzSec spokesperson Topiary.

All the hackers needed to crack into the government web sites is 24 hours. Clearly, this gives U.S. security experts something to think about. The attack was aptly named “Shooting Sherrifs Saturday,” and this is what the hacking groups have to say about it:

“We hope that not only will dropping this info demonstrate the inherently corrupt nature of law enforcement using their own words, as well as result in possibly humiliation, firings, and possible charges against several officers, but that it will also disrupt and sabotage their ability to communicate and terrorize communities.”

Earlier this June, LulzSec hacked the CIA web site after a dare on Twitter.