Twitter Suspends Account of Organization Behind Police Leaks

By Eduard Kovacs for SecurityWeek
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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The National Fusion Center Association (NFCA), which has confirmed the validity of the leaked files, raised concerns that threat actors could leverage the information to target law enforcement organizations and their employees.

Ilia Kolochenko, founder and CEO of web security company ImmuniWeb, who also has a master’s in criminal justice and cybercrime investigations, pointed out that the leak could have serious consequences for many innocent people.

“First, it will likely inflict irreparable reputational, financial and even physical harm to suspects and people charged with crimes who later were acquitted in a court of law,” Kolochenko said. "Furthermore, it will jeopardize legally protected people, like witnesses, who helped investigators convict dangerous criminals. The disclosure will now literally cause the death of the witnesses if their identity is revealed to the criminals or their bloodthirsty accomplices. Finally, it will substantially hinder the performance of daily law enforcement operations across the entire country, bolstering street crimes and violent crime, exposing thousands of helpless people to the risk of serious bodily injuries and death.”

Some supporters of DDOS’s work have claimed that none of the leaked files are classified, while others pointed out that WikiLeaks and other similar entities have not had their accounts suspended by Twitter despite posting links to information obtained through hacking. Read Full Article