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Hackers threaten BlackBerry over London riot pledge; RIM blog hacked in retaliation
Topic Started: Aug 11 2011, 05:46 PM (38 Views)
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Hackers threaten BlackBerry over London riot pledge
RIM blog hacked in retaliation
By Carrie-Ann Skinner | PC Advisor | 09 August 11

• Inside BlackBerry, the official BlackBerry Blog, has been targeted by hackers in what appears to be retaliation for RIM revealing it will "assist the authorities" in tracking down

A blog has been posted on website that reads: "This hack is a response to this statement by RIM". The post then continued with RIM's official response to the use of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM).

"You Will _NOT_ assist the UK Police because if u do innocent members of the public who were at the wrong place at the wrong time and owned a blackberry will get charged for no reason at all," the post added.

"The Police are looking to arrest as many people as possible to save themselves from embarrassment."
Riots began in Tottenham on Saturday night following a peaceful protest regarding the Police shooting of Mark Duggan. Since then areas of London and now around the country have been subject to "copycat criminal activity" over the past two days according to the Metropolitan Police.
It is thought many of those involved in the riots that have happened across the UK over the past three days used BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) to organise the uprisings. BBM allows users to send a message to large numbers of contacts that are connected via BBM PINs. Messages sent using BBM are free, instant and in several cases are untraceable by the authorities. It is rumoured that BBM has been used in place of micro-blogging service Twitter and social network Facebook as these are more easily traced.

"As in all markets around the world where BlackBerry is available, we co-operate with local telecommunications operators, law enforcement and regulatory officials," Patrick Spence, managing director of global sales and regional marketing at BlackBerry UK, said.


More here: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/security/3296020/hackers-threaten-blackberry-over-london-riot-pledge/

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