Anonymous hacks California Statewide Law Enforcement Association

International hacker group Anonymous claims responsibility for hacking and releasing information about members of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association union.
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Anonymous released the names, addresses and phone numbers of members; plus, credit card information taken from the association’s online gift store was posted.

“California police have a notorious history of brutality and therefore have been on our hitlist for a good minute now,” Anonymous posted on a forum, where they released the information.

Anonymous cited the death of Oscar Grant, police interaction with the Occupy movement, the prison death of George Jackson and conditions in California prisons and jails as evidence of police cruelty.
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At the end of the posted information, Anonymous said their next target is New York Police Chiefs.

“For our next owning we bring you multiple law enforcement targets in the state of New York, who has been on our crosshairs for some time due to their brutal repression of Occupy Wall Street,” Anonymous said.

The group plans to release passwords and residential addresses for over 300 police chiefs in the state of New York. Anonymous also said they will release emails discussing police methods to combat protesters.