[June 30, 2011] Hack attack reveals DPS officers' email Tweet Jun 30, 2011 (The Arizona Daily Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Personal e-mails from about a dozen Arizona Department of Public Safety officers were made public Wednesday as part of a second computer hacking attack on the agency in less than a week. The leak has names, addresses, family photos, Social Security numbers, chat logs, internal police reports, discrimination complaints, and revealing photos of a woman, all belonging to the officers, the documents show. Last week, the computer hacking collective group Lulz Security broke into the DPS emails of eight officers and the computers used to access their email to later publish the documents online. Most of the that release was an array of mundane documents, including training manuals. But Wednesday's batch released by AntiSec revealed personal conversations and photos of the officers from their home email accounts. In one chat, an officer talks about abusing Percocet while drinking alcohol. Some of the documents include names, Social Security numbers and phone numbers for the officers' wives. AntiSec said in an online post that it was attacking Arizona police again and "dumping booty pirated from a dozen Arizona police officers' personal email accounts looking specifically for humiliating dirt." After the first hack, DPS posted on its website that as a response it would monitor the state's Internet gateway around the clock, have industry-standard firewalls, and anti-virus software, employ IT security at each major state agency, and closely coordinate between the state of Arizona and state, federal and private-sector authorities regarding cyber-security issues. Capt. Steve Harrison spoke on behalf of DPS after the first attack and became a target in the most recent hacking. He said Wednesday that the two incidents appear related. The group said it specifically targeted Harrison, who they said has "been bragging to the news about how they are upgrading their security and how they will catch the evil hackers who exposed them. Clearly not secure enough, because we owned his personal Hotmail, Facebook and Match.com accounts and dumped all his personal details for the world to see." While Harrison said the latest release posed no threat to DPS security, he acknowledged that one of the seven officers affected this time had a bomb threat phoned to his wife. Another had a fake Facebook page created about him, he said. Harrison said it will be up to the individual DPS officers to protect themselves from identity theft or other problems from the latest leaks, as these were in their personal accounts. The one exception was the officer who got the bomb threat, with DPS checking his house and finding no evidence of explosives. Harrison said some of what was discovered could create problems for the officers if there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing. He said the agency is reviewing what was "dumped" by AntiSec, looking not only for "sensitive" information that might compromise a current investigation or officer safety but also "to see if there is anything that we as an agency need to take action on." Harrison said he doubts that DPS officials would find evidence of anything approaching criminal conduct by DPS employees. The Associated Press contributed to this report. To see more of The Arizona Daily Star, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.azstarnet.com. Copyright (c) 2011, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]