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Hong Kong Police site hacked, 45 credentials leaked

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Lee J

header_01 Today hackers from Portugal Cyber Army @Official_PCA announced a leak of data from the main Hong Kong police website (https://www.police.gov.hk). The leak was announced from the @Official_PCA twitter account in the early hours of the 20th. > Police of Hong Kong Database breaches pastebin.com/PDEkRttB@cyber_war_news @thehackersnews @illsecure @ehackernews @thehackersblog — Portugal Cyber Army (@Official_PCA) April 20, 2013

The leaked data has been posted to pastebin and contains no message attached to it. Leaked data is administrator account email addresses and encrypted passwords which all belong to the HK police. Recently the Portugal Cyber Army also leaked data from the Official dubai airports. Source: pastebin

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