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Twitter terminates DDoSecrets, falsely claims it may infect visitors
Four days after leak publisher DDoSecrets circulated private documents from more than 200 law enforcement agencies across the United States, Twitter has permanently suspended its account and falsely claimed that the site may infect users with malware.
[...] A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that the company had permanently suspended the DDoSecrets account for violating the social media site's rules barring hacked materials. The spokesperson said the material (1) contained unredacted information that could put people at risk of real-world harm and (2) ran afoul of a policy that forbids the distribution of material that is obtained through technical breaches and hacks, as publishers of DDoSecrets claimed had been done.
DDoSecrets co-founder Emma Best criticized the suspension and noted that the Twitter account for WikiLeaks remains active despite its publishing vast troves of private information resulting from the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee and members of the Hillary Clinton campaign. WikiLeaks has also tweeted links to its Vault 7 series, which published details about closely guarded CIA hacking programs.
[...] Twitter users who clicked on tweeted links to the DDoSecrets.com site received a message from Twitter warning, with no evidence, that the site may install malware, steal passwords or other sensitive data, or collect personal data for purposes of sending spam.
This security check from Web security firm Sucuri found no malware on the site, although the firm did note that it was blocked by fellow security firm McAfee.
Previously: "BlueLeaks" Exposes 269 GB of Data from Hundreds of Police Departments and "Fusion Centers"
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:39AM (1 child)
Wikileaks gave us good stuff to ponder. AFAIK this just doxed a bunch of cops so people could attack them. I've seen 0 discussion about the terrible police secrets in their "leaks".
(Score: 2) by Booga1 on Thursday June 25 2020, @02:00AM
It's not targeted like doxing is, but it's not sanitized or filtered either. It'll be full of names, addresses, and details for suspects, perhaps some names and addresses for some witnesses and bystanders. It will almost certainly have names and statements from other first responders like medics and firemen, etc... Chances of it having home addresses or even phone numbers for the cops is almost non-existent since those are employment records, not on-duty records or evidence. The cops are probably the least exposed in comparison to everyone else they come in contact with when it comes to case data.
A random dump of hundreds of gigs of material is considerably tougher to dig through than something where almost everything is shady dealings(ala the Panama papers). I expect it will be a long time before any discussion of what "terrible police secrets" are in there. I'd bet 90% or more of what's in the dump is standard stuff that won't interest anyone.