Hackers Attack Boston Police Website

(NewsCore) - The Boston Police Department was working Saturday to restore its website after it was attacked by hackers upset by police behavior at "Occupy Boston" demonstrations.

The public information website BPDNews.com was hacked to display the message, "ANONYMOUS HACKS BOSTON POLICE WEBSITE IN RETALIATION FOR POLICE BRUTALITY AT OWS," the Boston Globe reported.

"Do you remember a few months ago when #antisec attaked [sic] the Boston Police and released hundreds of passwords in retaliation for the brutality against Occupy Boston? They clearly ignored our warnings," the site said. "So you get your kicks beating protesters? That's OK; we get kicks defacing ... your websites -- again."

Hackers also added the video for "Sound of da Police" -- a 1993 anti-law enforcement song by rapper KRS-One -- to the site and promised "plenty more mayhem to deliver," according to the Boston Globe.

Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll dismissed the hackers' police brutality claims as "nonsense."

"It is unfortunate that someone would go to this extent to compromise BPDNews.com, a helpful and informative public safety resource utilized daily by community members seeking up-to-date news and information about important safety matters," a statement from the department read in part.

On Saturday afternoon, the URL for BPDNews.com redirected users to the department's official Facebook page.

The attack came as the hacking collective Anonymous also took credit for intercepting and posting a recording of a conference call between FBI investigators and officers at London's Scotland Yard about the group. The collective also claimed responsibility for attacks against the pages of the Brazilian banking federation and several other financial institutions in Brazil and in the US.

Read more: Boston Globe