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Hackers leaked thousands of files from Lexipol, a Texas-based company that develops policy manuals, training bulletins, and consulting services for first responders.

The manuals, which are crafted by Lexipol’s team of public sector attorneys, practitioners, and subject-matter experts, are customized to align with the specific needs and local legal requirements of agencies across the country.

But the firm also faces criticism for its blanket approach to police policies and pushback on reforms.

The data, a sample of which was given to the Daily Dot by a group referring to itself as “the puppygirl hacker polycule,” includes approximately 8,543 files related to training, procedural, and policy manuals, as well as customer records that contain names, usernames, agency names, hashed passwords, physical addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.

https://ddosecrets.com/article/lexipolleaks

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gonna be reading those via memes for the next few months.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

I have a very bad feeling that the result will be the cops saying, "yep, those horrific things really are our policies and we're glad we can be open about them now."

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 week ago

Good job, hackers! ✊

[–] willsenior@lemm.ee 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's great. Shouldn't those materials be public record anyway?

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

This is a police state, you don't get to do that.

[–] Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Best fucking name for a hacker group ever. Where do I sign up?

[–] sortaPasswordName@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

For anyone who wants to laugh at these fools, you can look up the public website 'police one.' Try to watch their '1 minute training' videos without boggling at the idiocy that is being presented to cops in amerikkka. When I worked for a police agency (for way too long for how short the time period was), the higher echelons would send the videos out to be watched routinely.