Operation AntiSec: Anonymous Hackers 'Expose' Finnish Parliamentary Aid as Neo-Nazi in Latest Hack
The Finnish cell of the Anonymous hacktivist collective has
issued a statement claiming responsibility for "exposing" a
parliamentary aid's affiliation to an active neo-Nazi group.
The attack and subsequent data release reported by Anonymous Finland was released on the PasteBin web site Monday. The attack on the neo-Nazi Kansallinen Vastarinta website followed the collectives' previous pattern, breaking into the site and posting the names and details of several of the groups members.
The attack and subsequent data release reported by Anonymous Finland was released on the PasteBin web site Monday. The attack on the neo-Nazi Kansallinen Vastarinta website followed the collectives' previous pattern, breaking into the site and posting the names and details of several of the groups members.
According to the Finnish broadcaster YLE, Ulla Pyysalo, a former aid
to the True Finns MP Juho Eerola announced her intention to resign from
her post after her name appeared on the list published by Anonymous.
In its subsequent PasteBin statement the groups specifically cited
the site's neo-Nazi leanings as the primary motivation for the attack.
"We have no tolerance for any group based on racial, sexual and
religion discrimination as well as for all the people belonging to them
and sharing their ideologies, which is the reason why we decided to
carry out last Monday's attack," read the alleged Anonymous Finland
statement.
In the statement Anonymous Finland went on to claim responsibility
for a whole series of attacks on a slew of unnamed groups and
organisations. The attacks were all credited as being a part of the Anonymous and LulzSec-born Operation Anti-Security -- often abbreviated to AntiSec.
"On Friday 4.11, We decided to join the international operation #AntiSec and externally
supported the hacking of several Finnish websites' databases containing personal and sensitive info of thousands of citizens residing in Finland and temporarily released them on the web."
supported the hacking of several Finnish websites' databases containing personal and sensitive info of thousands of citizens residing in Finland and temporarily released them on the web."
The attack saw the group allegedly post the personal details of as many as 16,000 people online.
Though unconfirmed, The Telegraph has since reported that Finnish
authorities are in the process of investigating the alleged security
breaches reported in the PasteBin statement.
It went on to report that Finland's communications regulator had
reported to it that it "appeared" that data had been taken from a number
of unnamed education groups.
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