With just a password needed to access police databases, the FBI got basic security wrong

Someone in the FBI’s own IT department is probably having a very bad week.

Hackers earlier this month were able to access a US law enforcement arrest database, and posted screenshots to Twitter — including some high-profile arrestees, like hacker Jeremy Hammond, convicted for his part in the Stratfor leak. It wasn’t just that arrest database. The hackers, according to Wired, also gained access to a police file transfer service, and an instant messaging service for police, and a real-time intelligence-sharing platform, among others.

The one-stop shop law enforcement gateway, known as LEEP (Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal), is accessible from the web and, indeed, from any computer or network. For the full article click here 

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