Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents
Cybercriminals have allegedly stolen a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen data included police officer personnel files, internal affairs investigations, and discovery documents that can include unredacted criminal complaints and personal information, such as witness names and medical data, according to The Los Angeles Times. Emma Best, the founder of transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets, which hosts the data, said in an online post that the extortion gang World Leaks is behind the data breach. Best said she was able to review some of the leaked data when it was posted — and then deleted — on the gang’s leak website, where the group publicizes its breaches in an attempt…
