Probe after hackers target UK terror line
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April 13, 2012, Friday
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BRITISH police launched a probe yesterday, after hackers linked to anti-establishment group Anonymous blocked an anti-terrorism hotline and illegally recorded officers from Britain's top security unit discussing their actions.
An activist group called Team Poison jammed the hotline with repeated calls - so-called "phone bombing" - preventing those with genuine concerns from getting through in the latest attack on a high-profile institution.
Recordings of hoax calls to the hotline, which is manned by specially trained police, and of other officers apparently from London police's Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) discussing the attack have been put on YouTube.
"We are aware of an issue whereby hoaxers made calls to the Anti-Terrorist Hotline and have made recordings of their conversations with Anti-Terrorist Hotline staff," London's Metropolitan Police Service said.
"Officers are currently looking into the matter and appropriate action will be taken."
Hackers disrupted the Home Office website on Sunday, although a spokeswoman for the department said the site itself had not been breached.
In February, Anonymous published a recording of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives discussing action against hackers.
The latest recordings appear to capture a handover conversation between CTC officers at the end of a shift. One said they had received about 700 hoax calls from Team Poison.
During one such call, a hacker says his group is carrying out the attacks to embarrass governments and foil the police.
An activist group called Team Poison jammed the hotline with repeated calls - so-called "phone bombing" - preventing those with genuine concerns from getting through in the latest attack on a high-profile institution.
Recordings of hoax calls to the hotline, which is manned by specially trained police, and of other officers apparently from London police's Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) discussing the attack have been put on YouTube.
"We are aware of an issue whereby hoaxers made calls to the Anti-Terrorist Hotline and have made recordings of their conversations with Anti-Terrorist Hotline staff," London's Metropolitan Police Service said.
"Officers are currently looking into the matter and appropriate action will be taken."
Hackers disrupted the Home Office website on Sunday, although a spokeswoman for the department said the site itself had not been breached.
In February, Anonymous published a recording of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives discussing action against hackers.
The latest recordings appear to capture a handover conversation between CTC officers at the end of a shift. One said they had received about 700 hoax calls from Team Poison.
During one such call, a hacker says his group is carrying out the attacks to embarrass governments and foil the police.
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