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According to Vice, who spoke with the hacker before his Twitter account was suspended, the data was taken from FBI servers, not local Miami police servers.
Hacker has connections to CWA
The hacker seems to have connections to the now-defunct CWA hacking group. CWA has previously hacked CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano, US National Intelligence Director James Clapper, President Barack Obama’s Senior Advisor on science and technology John Holdren.
The group also hacked JABS (Joint Automated Booking System), an application used to record and manage arrested US citizens, and also boasted of having access to a secret FBI portal.
In November, CWA released the personal details of 2,400 US government officials. Vice reporters have verified the hacker's claims and say that the data is authentic.
Lorde Bashtien announces more upcoming data leaks
The dox, hacker term used for releasing someone's personal details, includes full names, work phones, emails, and work titles. The data is in the same format as the data from November, so it may be plausible that it's from the same source.
Lorde Bashtien motivated his actions as a personal grudge against Miami PD after police officers targeted some of his friends last year, during a raid at a house they rented, which ended with gunfire. This revelation might have given his nationality and location away, as being a Miami resident.
Despite such high-profile hacks, with a deep impact on government employee safety, the FBI has failed to catch the hackers until now.
After creating a new Twitter account, Lorde Bashtien tweeted "more leaks soon, stay tuned," hinting at other data he may release in the future.
