OAKLAND, Calif. -- Days after a hacker broke into a BART customer website and removed personal data, there was a breach of the transit system’s police officers association's computer system Wednesday and leaked passwords and addresses of its officers, according to BART Police Deputy Chief Daniel Hartwig.
However on a Twitter feed associated with hacker group 'Anonymous' – the alleged hackers in last week's BART breach – seemed to indicate that the latest cyber-attack was not their work.
It read: “The leak today of BART officer data could be the work sanctioned by those who truly support anonymous, or agent provocateurs. Stay skeptical.”
Another Tweet read: “The thing about anonymity is, you can can claim allegiance to any cause. Even if your intent is to hurt that cause. Who can prove otherwise?”
And a third: "FYI, No one claimed responsibility for the hack. Some random joe joined a channel and released the data to the press." The breached information contains names, addresses, email addresses and passwords of 100 BART officers.
On Monday, a protest by supporters of the notorious hacker group ‘Anonymous’ staged a rush-hour protest that prompted the closure of four San Francisco BART stations and sent hundreds of commuters into the sidewalks and streets.
‘Anonymous’ also took credit for a cyber-attack that resulted in the release of personal information for at least 2,400 users of the agency's myBART.org website over the weekend.
The hacker group staged the cyberattack in retaliation for the transit agency blocking cellphone service on the platforms last week in an attempt to disrupt a rally