Twitter Subpoena Reveals Boston PD Is After User Information

It appears as though Twitter has ignored request from the Boston Police Department and the Suffolk Massachusetts District Attorney’s office that a subpoena for user information be kept under wraps.

In early October, a “hacktivist” group broke into the Boston Police database and copied members’ names, email addresses and passwords, posting this information on a website and tweeting the link through several Twitter accounts, including @OccupyBoston.

According to the Boston Herald, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office issued a subpoena to Twitter sometime since the hacking, asking for user information from an account named @p0isAn0N,

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