http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/23/saps_anon_hack/
By John Leyden
The Register
23rd May 2013
The identities of more than 15,000 South Africans who reported crimes or
provided tip-offs to the police have been exposed following an attack on
a SAPS (South African Police Service) website.
The names and personal details of whistleblowers and crime victims were
lifted from www.saps.gov.za and uploaded to a bullet-proof hosting site.
Names, phone numbers, email addresses and ID numbers of people who
thought they had been providing information in confidence and
anonymously have been spaffed on the net.
The data dump includes information on 15,700 individuals who used the
website from 2005, according to eNews Channel Africa, the local news
service that broke the story of the leak. Usernames and passwords of
around 40 SAPS personnel were also leaked.
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