Government Cannot Keep Anti-Hacking Manual From Hackers

Anonymous can now spend less time teaching new members and more time uncovering and releasing data proving government and corporate corruption, thanks to the United States government's inability to keep their anti-hacking materials from, well, hackers. (Yes, the irony is as delicious as mom's chocolate chip cookies on a fall evening.)

The freedom-fighting group Anonymous found and released a Counter Cyber-Terrorism Training File to the internet, all created originally by the Federal Emergency Management Agency Counter Terrorism Defense Initiative Training Program. That's an interesting title, isn't it? Counter terrorism?

Have you ever met a hacker armed with anything more than a keyboard and a disdain for authoritarianism? Yeah, me neither. Maybe one man's terrorist really is another man's freedom fighter...or maybe the government is full of it.

So what, exactly, is in the government's secret little anti-hacking training program (and now available to resourceful would-be hackers with google access and half a brain to find it)?

• Many documents and links to security and hacking resources
• Lists of FBI bureau addresses throughout the USA.
• Stock letters on how to officially request user information from Internet Service Providers and obtain warrants.
• Numerous hacking and counter-hacking tools.

The government, naturally, oversells its ability to keep its online proof of corruption locked away from hackers.

"Using a mobile computer lab, SENTINEL provides free cybersecurity training directly to centralized rural and metropolitan areas of critical need across the country. The training focuses on enhancing the prevention, preparedness, and response capabilities of local, state, tribal, and rural public safety jurisdictions."

So, naturally, the program itself got hacked. So much for security! For their part, Anonymous is believed to have uncovered even more data in the hack, so much so that it will take some time to sort through and post. In the meantime, follow their efforts on twitter.

Oh well. If you're going to smash the hornets' nest, you may as well do so with panache and perhaps a bicycle kick. Well played, Anonymous. We expect you! #Antisec forever.