The data was released on June 19, the Juneteenth holiday, by an activist group called Distributed Denial of Secrets, which focuses on information leaks. WIRED reports that DDOSecrets founder Emma Best said that the files were retrieved by Anonymous, which also claimed responsibility for recent cyberattacks against law enforcement agencies in Minneapolis and Atlanta.
The data consists of more than a million files containing law enforcement audio, emails, video and intelligence documents, and can be found on DDoSecrets’ website. As people have begun combing through the data, they’ve been using the hashtag #blueleaks to share their findings on social media.
“[This is] the largest published hack of American law enforcement agencies,” Best told WIRED. “It provides the closest inside look at the state, local, and federal agencies tasked with protecting the public, including [the] government response to COVID and the BLM protests.”
