Information released by Anonymous contains names, birthdays, home and work addresses, and phone numbers of city officials including Mayor Jean Quan, city council members and the Chief of Police Howard A. Jordan.
The information is still available on Anonymous’ Facebook page.
Mashable has reached out to the Oakland Police Department and the mayor’s office; we’re waiting for a response from the police department. Quan's spokeswoman Sue Piper noted that most of the information posted was already publicly available.
“They did not hack the city’s system,” Piper wrote in an email to Mashable.
In a video posted Tuesday on YouTube and Anonymous’ Facebook page, the group condemns city officials for using force against occupiers and closing city institutions. Anonymous also tweeted about the hack:
Hackers spared council member Rebecca Kaplan, telling her: “Thank you for your support and being a true leader in the community.” But the group targeted council member Ignacio R. De La Fuente, noting the well-publicized trial and sentencing of his son who was charged with sexually assaulting four women — a charge the elder Fuente allegedly denies.
Anonymous also posed this question to city attorney Barbara Parker: “Why did you allow numerous targeted arrests to happen, with no charges filed? We expect more out of you. From your community involvement, one would think you would be front and center in the fight against the corruption in OPD and in our Government.”
This hack comes one day after local business leaders staged an anti-Occupy protest called “Day of Action” to raise awareness of the group’s tactics that disrupt downtown business.
A crowd of Occupy protestors demonstrated against the group and rallied against the charges facing 11 occupy protestors arraigned on misdemeanor charges for blocking a sidewalk.
This isn’t the first time Anonymous has targeted the Oakland P.D. In October 2011, the group called for “doxing” (digging-up information with the web, usually by hacking) of Oakland officials after last year’s incident involving veteran Scott Olsen being shot in the head with a non-lethal weapon while participating in the occupy protests in Oakland.
Less than a week ago Anonymous claimed responsibility for releasing details of a call between FBI officials and Scotland Yard regarding how they intended to prosecute Anonymous hackers.
Occupy Oakland protestors are expected to show-up in droves Tuesday night to the Wiley W. Manuel county courthouse for the Oakland City Council’s meeting to consider making gathering without a permit an offense that could result in arrest. Protesters say the right to gather without a permit and protest should be protected by the First Amendment.
As the Chronicle reported, Fuente believes blocking city streets without a permit should not be tolerated. The city of San Francisco does not require a permit to gather, but does reserve the right to arrest individuals blocking streets if it is a risk to the public.
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