Anonymous hackers breached Bart public transportation website Sunday. This screenshot shows a page from myBart.org after the attack. Photo: APAnonymous online hacker collective broke into a Web site belonging to San Francisco's public transport body Sunday after authorities threatened to thwart a anti-police protest by throttling the town's mobile phone network.
Hackers said the attack was in retaliation for group Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) attempt to stifle demonstrations on the deadly shooting of a man by the police last month.
Anonymous published contact details of more than 2,000 Bay Area bebøre, apparently stolen from the site unavailable was on Monday morning.
The incident is the latest showdown in a free speech battle between authorities and online activists. A separate attacker group identification plate last week, the official website for research in motion, BlackBerry maker, when the company said it would cooperate with police investigations English riots.
In a message posted on the site hacked Bart Sunday, anonymous wrote: "we are anonymous, we are your citizens, we are human beings, we cannot tolerate oppression from any government agency. Bart has been shown several times, they have no problem exploiting and abusing people. "
A Bart spokesperson told local media the FBI and Department of homeland security to investigate the attack. He added: "we will take steps to ensure our customers are secure. Disconnection of mobile phone service was made Thursday to prevent what could have been a dangerous situation. It is one of the tactics we have at our disposal. We can use it; We can not. And I am not sure that we necessarily would let anyone knows in advance either way.
Anonymous bills itself as " internet defenders of freedom". Amorphous group shot to notoriety in December 2010 for attack on global companies, including visa and PayPal after these companies severed ties with the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.
More recently, have collectively expressed support for the Arab incursions, and called on Western communities to revolt against the authorities.
Sunday, anonymous said it sympathized with the riots and looting across parts of England last week. It described the demonstrations as "a product of decades of neglect inflicted on your country by various Governments."
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