Online activist group Anonymous has hacked into and leaked confidential information from Queen Mary, University of London.
The information included a sample of student details and map of the college’s IT network.
That ‘hacktivist’ group claimed the move was a response to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) funding “invasive” research at Queen Mary.
This attack was in response to the Guardian’s revelation earlier this month that the MoD funded individual Ph.D students’ cyberspace-related research at six higher education institutions, including Queen Mary and King’s College London.
A member of Anonymous told the Daily Dot that the group “plan on stirring things up over the universities taking MoD cash for invasive research”.
A spokesperson from Queen Mary said “We are investigating the claims. We have informed the police”.
Keumars Afifi-Sabet and Adrian Polglase, London Student: Issue 6 (27/01/2014)
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