Via Mirror.co.uk -
Cops fear hackers may have stolen the personal details of hundreds of officers.
At first Scotland Yard thought it was just a prank when a picture of Brobee, from children's TV show Yo Gabba Gabb, was posted by hackers on the recruitment website www.metcareers.com last month.
But a security review found the site was linked to two Met databases containing job applications and personal details.
A source said: "This information would be very useful for identity fraudsters and almost priceless to criminals."
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Here was the breaking story on the defacement from last month.
http://djtechnocrat.blogspot.com/2008/02/scotland-yard-careers-website-defaced.html
Replacing a photo is funny, but learning that your web server security has been comprised is not funny. This late reaction shows that this hack wasn't taken very serious.
Sure, it was most likely a kid.....but replace that kid with the RBN and Scotland Yard would have never known their information was stolen.
Basically, that kid's joke might have been their saving grace.
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