Anonymous published a Pastebin file containing passwords and personal selective information fromParis climate summitattendees today , in what it describes as revenge for the arrests of protestors outside of the negotiation .
Anonymous gap the website of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , accessing and dumping the personal information of officials from the US , UK , Canada , Brazil , Pakistan , Thailand , India , Belgium , and a assortment of other countries who attended COP21 , accordingto a reportfrom HackRead .
After contacting some of the people whose data was leak in the dump , Gizmodo can confirm that at least some of that selective information is licit – though as always , Anonymous ’ accuracyshould be held up to close scrutiny .
Someone claiming to present Anonymoustalked to HackReadabout the group ’s motivation for the information shit :
“ We could deface the site , but that wo n’t suffer them , we have a go at it data leak will and does so there ’s more to come . These hacks are not just against Police savagery , these are also against Cop21 to support Global Climate March . ”
Anonymoushas beenon atear of stupidityrecently , and this vigilante revenge from an uncrystallized , leaderless group of online motherfucker - disturbers only compromises the personal data point of thousands of people who attended the talks — in no way affecting the police force that halt the protestors .
[ HackRead ]
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