Friday, 8 July 2016

Baton Rouge police database 'hacked' in retaliation for killing of Alton Sterling

Baton Rouge police database 'hacked' in retaliation for killing of Alton Sterling

Just days after the fatal shooting of a black man by Baton Rouge police prompted international outrage and a Justice Department investigation, the Baton Rouge city government's servers have been "hacked" and 50,000 city police records leaked online including names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers. A hacker named @0x2Taylor claimed responsibility for accessing the database on Thursday afternoon. It is unclear whether Taylor accessed the data himself or was given it by a third-party and took credit.
Read more: http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/alton-sterling-baton-rouge-website-hack/?source=Snapzu

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