[ISN] Hackers steal data of 2, 000 people in attack on Fine Gael website

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:54:25 -0600 (CST)
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0111/1224287236758.html

The Irish Times 
January 11, 2011

TWO INVESTIGATIONS are under way by gardaí and the Office of the Data 
Protection Commissioner following the theft of personal data belonging 
to 2,000 members of the public from a Fine Gael website on Sunday night.

The party contacted gardaí yesterday after media outlets were e-mailed 
by someone claiming to be from online activist group Anonymous.

The e-mail claimed the group, which has been waging a campaign of cyber 
attacks in defence of WikiLeaks, was responsible for the attack against 
the Fine Gael website.

A party spokesman said the “extremely sophisticated intervention” on 
Fine Gael’s US-hosted website is also likely to be investigated by 
federal authorities.

Emblazoned with the Enda Kenny-attributed quote “One of the big failings 
of politicians is that they talk too much and don’t listen enough,” the 
Fine Gael website invited users to submit comments along with contact 
details.

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