CHILE - The plight of the Anonymous Coward ???

Chile probes data theft and posting by hacker
6 hours ago

SANTIAGO, Chile — A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.

Prosecutor Jose Ignacio Escobar, a specialist in high-tech crime, opened the probe as the government announced plans to step up data protection.

Police chief Jaime Jara said the weekend data leak did not include financial records and was less serious than first thought.

The information accessed by a hacker included identity card numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails and academic records.

The information was promptly removed from the Internet, but Prieto said some people may have downloaded it "and it may still be around on the Internet."

Jara said police have no suspects. The hacker left a message saying he was trying "to demonstrate how poorly protected the data in Chile is, and how nobody works to protect it."

He signed off as "Anonymous Coward."

"Our database is intact, secure and protected," he said.

The leaked data includes around 2 million telephone numbers. There was no immediate comment from telephone companies.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press

By CatGirl on May 12, 2008, 22:13 in Off Topic.

CatGirl says on May 12, 2008, 22:13:

Sorry could'nt help it cause of the guys signature....what a handle - huh?

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

pedro says on May 13, 2008, 00:43:

That name / signature is a reference to a geek site called slashdot.

que nota!

CatGirl says on May 13, 2008, 09:10:

JAJA - REALLY? Just a funny name to use...oh well

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent

webmanco says on May 15, 2008, 05:19:

http://slashdot.org/

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

CatGirl says on May 22, 2008, 12:15:

Web - BTW Amor - Gracias for this link. Interesting info ;))

Love and Time: the only two things that cannot be bought, but only spent