Hacker Group Targets Texas Law Enforcement

HOUSTON (AP) _ The group known as Anonymous claims it briefly took over the website of a Texas police chiefs group and hacked into the email accounts of more than two dozen Texas law enforcements agencies or officials.

The group on Thursday said the hacking and take over was part of its retaliation over the arrests of its sympathizers.

It appeared the group briefly took over the website for the Texas Police Chiefs Association. The group replaced the association’s page with one that listed police departments and officials whose email accounts had been hacked.

Also on the website was a statement explaining the group was “attacking Texas law enforcement” because of the arrests of Anonymous supporters and what the group sees as harassment of immigrants by authorities in the state.

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