Feds are treating BlueLeaks organization as ‘a criminal hacker group,’ documents show

A bulletin distributed by the Department of Homeland Security describes Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) as a criminal hacker group, putting it alongside groups like WikiLeaks, LulzSec, and Anonymous.

The transparency activist organization Distributed Denial of Secrets has been formally designated as a “criminal hacker group,” following the publication of 296 gigabytes of sensitive law enforcement data earlier this summer, known colloquially as “BlueLeaks.” The description comes from a bulletin circulated to fusion centers around the country in late June by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

Last month, German authorities seized the DDoSecrets server that hosted the BlueLeaks data, effectively shutting down the organization’s online repository of the records. The seizure was made on the request of American authorities. '“Unlike WikiLeaks and Assange, we have no involvement in actual hacks.

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