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Hackers expose defence and intelligence officials in US and UK
Security breach by 'hacktivists' reveals email addresses of 221 British military staff and 242 Nato officials.
January 09, 2012
(GUARDIAN) London - Thousands of British email addresses and encrypted passwords, including those of defence, intelligence and police officials as well as politicians and Nato advisers, have been revealed on the internet following a security breach by hackers.
Among the huge database of private information exposed by self-styled "hacktivists' are the details of 221 British military officials and 242 Nato staff. Civil servants working at the heart of the UK government – including several in the Cabinet Office as well as advisers to the Joint Intelligence Organisation, which acts as the prime minister's eyes and ears on sensitive information – have also been exposed.
