Email leak hits anti-fileshare lawyers
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Investigation by UK information commissioner after web attack leads to email leak at ACS:Law
The UK information commissioner is investigating the leak of thousands of emails containing personal information from the controversial solicitors’ firm ACS:Law after the company’s website came under sustained attack by online activists.
Tens of thousands of broadband users may have had private information – including their addresses and credit card details – leaked online in the aftermath of a prolonged attack by users protesting against the methods used by ACS:Law to pursue alleged file sharers.
Now people who have previously received letters from the company demanding money are being warned to beware of unsolicited calls from criminals who have downloaded the messages – while people who have paid fines via credit cards are being warned to watch out for unusual transactions.
The website went offline after users of the online messageboard 4Chan orchestrated a sustained attack on it, putting the [...]