FBI Flunks Security Check as Anonymous Hacks Phone Call

If you thought the FBI and Scotland Yard had their security right, you’d be wrong. Anonymous has posted an MP3 of a call where the FBI can be heard discussing several Anonymous and LulzSec related cases with investigators from the UK.

The hacker group says this is part of an ongoing F**k FBI Friday campaign, which began in 2011, and has resulted in several attacks against the agency. “It’s Friday, #F**kFBIFriday, everybody’s lookin’ forward to the leakend, leakened… #FFF,” read once tweet from AnonymousIRC.

The FBI confirmed the leak, saying: “The information was intended for law enforcement officers only and was illegally obtained. A criminal investigation is under way to identify and hold accountable those responsible.”

The call apparently took place on Jan. 17^th – according to a confidential email with the bridge and passcode which was also published to the net.

The email, entitled “Anon-Lulz International Coordination Call”, went to over 40 law enforcement officers in the USA, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, France and Sweden, although only a small number of people are on the conference call, according to Naked Security.

The discussion during the 16-minute call doesn’t really reveal anything (other than a serious security problem) but does have its amusing moments. According to the Telegraph:

At the beginning conversation, the British officers discuss cheese and the merits of Sheffield.

One officer appears to refer to the city as a “khazi” slang for toilet – and tells an American colleague: “You’ve missed nothing, it’s not exactly a jewel in England’s crown.”

They also refer to a colleague as an “old school detective but mad as a box of frogs.”

Congrats to the Yard for being able to turn a phrase.