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Anonymous deface UK Police forum and Dating Portal

Yesterday Anonymous deface the UK Police Online web forum () and stole the private emails addresses of various members. The Metropolitan Police’s e-Crime unit is investigating the hack and said that no computer system run by the police force had been hacked.

The Hack was originally announced by an Anonymous Twitter account – Operation Jubilee (OpJubilee), they post a mirror url of defaced page. This hack was one of the part of OpJubilee.

ANONYMOUS OPERATION JUBILEE: Under this there will be Rally of Millions people To Parliament, London on 5th of November 2012. As planned this will be a peaceful gathering at the Parliament Building in London to declare the true jubilee.
Hackers send out emails to the former officers whose details were obtained during hack, with a subject line: “A message to the police and armed forces”.

Message body: “Hello members of our UK police and armed forces” and called for recipients to “stand with us, not against us. Under your uniform you are one of us and we are you. United we stand and can make this world a better place for all of us. We are not against you, only against the evil system that you defend, and we appeal to your consciences to stop protecting the traitors and banksters, and protect us from them instead.”

The hacktivists have previously been linked with compromised security on police websites in the US and other countries. They end the mail with, “Brothers in arms, join us and end wars and poverty. United we stand.”

This online forum actually include, a discussion board on homepage, Police Dating site, Gallery, Downloads and a police equipment estore.

MET police said, “It would appear that a third party forum has been compromised and personal email details retrieved,”. Before under Operation Jubilee, Hackers deface some other UK police forums also.

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October 25, 2012
Turkish Airlines boosts Birmingham to Istanbul flights

Turkish Airlines boosts Birmingham to Istanbul flights

Birmingham airport has claimed that Turkish Airlines is ‘going from strength to strength’ at the base, with the frequency of the carrier’s flights to Istanbul increasing from seven to ten a week.

Additional services on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays will boost access to Turkey’s largest city and also enable more onward connections to the Middle East, Far East and Africa.

To celebrate the development, the airline presented the West Midlands gateway with a giant model aircraft that now hangs from the ceiling of the international pier.

Martyn Lloyd, commercial director at Birmingham airport, said the last four years have brought consistent growth in the number of people flying with Turkish Airlines.

He added: ‘This increase in the number flights per week is great news for our leisure and business passengers, who now have even more choice and flexibility for long-haul connectivity from Birmingham.’

Leisure travellers heading to Istanbul can see sights such as the Sultan Ahmed mosque, Topkapi Palace and the Hagia Sophia museum.

via Opodo travel news � Turkish Airlines boosts Birmingham to Istanbul flights.

October 7, 2012
UK: John Terry Found Guilty Of Racial Abuse By FA

Terry leaving the FA hearing at Wembley

Chelsea captain John Terry has received a four-match ban and a £220,000 fine after being found guilty of racial abuse by the FA.

Former England captain John Terry has been found guilty by the English Football Association of racially abusing an opponent.

The Chelsea captain has been banned for four domestic matches and fined £220,000, pending an appeal.

He was convicted by an FA hearing of directing abuse at Queen’s Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match last October.

The defender denied the charge but the FA independent regulatory commission ruled that he was guilty of misconduct.

The guilty verdict came despite the 31-year-old being cleared by a criminal court in July of a racially-aggravated public order offence.

Terry’s representatives, Elite Management, said he was “disappointed” by the verdict, which was “a different conclusion to the clear not guilty verdict of a court of law”.

They added he will ask for detailed written reasons of the decision before deciding whether to lodge an appeal.

Former executive director of the FA David Davies told Sky News the verdict was “sad” but “not totally unexpected”.

He said he thought Terry would appeal “because he is a fighter and he will think this is wrong”.

“John Terry has been a battler through his career. Whatever you think of this incident… the reality is as a player he has given his all to England and Chelsea over the years and that’s in his nature,” he said.

Author and critic Diran Adebayo welcomed the FA’s decision. “I’m pleased this has been exposed. In modern Britain you should not be able to get away with saying these things,” he told Sky News.

Before the hearing, at Wembley, started this week, Terry announced his retirement from international football.

The player was found not guilty in Westminster Magistrates Court in July of a racially-aggravated public order offence with the prosecution unable to prove the words he said to Ferdinand were being used as an insult.

Terry admitted using them, but insisted he had only been repeating words he thought Ferdinand had accused him of saying.

Chelsea and England team-mate Ashley Cole gave evidence that helped exonerate Terry, telling the court: “We shouldn’t be sitting here”.

Terry’s legal team had argued the governing body’s own rules dictated that his acquittal in court meant the case could not proceed but the FA believed their charge was distinct from the court’s.

The panel, who handed Liverpool striker Luis Suarez an eight-match ban when they found him guilty of racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra last season, declared at that time that simply using racist language was enough to constitute a breach of FA rules.

In a statement Chelsea said: “Chelsea Football Club notes and respects today’s decision by the Football Association regarding John Terry.

“We also recognise that John has the right to appeal that decision. It is therefore inappropriate for us to comment further on the matter at this time.”

Terry is likely to be available to play in the Premier League match against Arsenal on Saturday as the ban does not start until after the appeals process has been completed.

He will have 14 days after receiving the written reasons for the decision in which to appeal. If he does make a challenge the appeal hearing may not take place until the end of next month.

That could see the Chelsea talisman still being available for the club’s other league matches in October against Norwich, Tottenham and Manchester United.

Sky News

September 27, 2012
UK:Bahraini Bid For ‘Leeds United’ Football Club

A private equity firm based in the Middle East has announced a deal to take control of Leeds United Football Club.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House (GFH) has been in talks with the club’s current owner Ken Bates for several weeks.

Equity firm GFH Capital said it had “signed an exclusive agreement to lead and arrange the acquisition of Leeds City Holdings, the parent company of LUFC”.

It added Leeds was “one of the best-supported clubs in English football with a higher than average match day attendance than most Premier League teams”.

Citing a confidentiality provision, GFH Capital gave no financial details or any acquisition time frame but reports indicate a bid of around £50m for control.

Company officials would not comment on whether the Bahraini unit would provide all the money for the purchase or whether other investors might be involved.

It said the club would benefit financially from a recent renegotiation of television broadcast rights for football, if it won promotion to the lucrative Premier League.

David Haigh, lifetime Leeds supporter and deputy-CEO of the equity firm, also posted a Twitter message hinting at the impending deal.

Mr Haigh tweeted: “Good morning everyone. Thank you for all your messages of support. They are very important to us. #LUFC”

Last weekend, club chairman Ken Bates confirmed advanced negotiations involving a “banking institution” were taking place, and GFH board members were spotted at Elland Road.

Last June, details emerged that 80-year-old Mr Bates, who took control of the club in 2004, was in discussion with investors.

Details of a possible sale end a four-month period where fans have been given little information about the club’s future.

Having reached the semi-finals of the Uefa Champions League in 2001, the club was relegated from the Premier League in 2004 and dropped into the third tier of English football in 2007 before promotion to the Football League Championship in 2010.

The on-field descent came against a backdrop of financial woes, which forced the club to sell key players and ultimately led to administration in 2007.

“If you look back since the start of the Premier League, Leeds are without doubt the most successful club not to be in it right now,” Dan Jones, partner at Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, said.

“If you can return it to the Premier League, then it could return to being one of the top 20 clubs in the world by revenue – that’s the scale of the club you’re dealing with.”

Sky News

September 27, 2012
UK: ‘Missed chances’ in abuse scandal

Social workers, police and the Crown Prosecution Service “missed opportunities” to stop a child exploitation ring abusing young girls, a report into the scandal has revealed.

“Deficiencies” in the way children’s social care responded to the victims’ needs in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, were caused by “patchy” training of frontline staff, the Rochdale Borough Safeguarding Children Board (RBSCB) said in its review into child sexual exploitation.

The review was ordered in the aftermath of a trial which saw nine Asian men jailed for grooming young white girls for sex.

The picture which emerges from the report is one of vulnerable young girls, some as young as 10, who were being targeted for sexual abuse, being written off by those in authority who believed the girls were “making their own choices”.

The review comes just days after The Times published a report which alleged that agencies in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, were aware of extensive and co-ordinated abuse of white girls by some Asian men and detailed a range of offences for which no-one has been prosecuted.

Rochdale Council said it has used the review’s findings to implement a catalogue of changes and improvements.

The report looked at how agencies including the council, police, NHS and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) worked between 2007 and 2012 to safeguard children and young people who were at risk of sexual exploitation.

The report, which specifically followed the treatment of one 15-year-old victim, says: “While some organisations were consistently supportive in their response, overall child welfare organisations missed opportunities to provide a comprehensive, co-ordinated and timely response and, in addition, the criminal justice system missed opportunities to bring the perpetrators to justice.”

The report also says: “Activity to disrupt alleged offenders was developing on the ground but this was not always followed through at a more senior level. The early investigations of crimes and the prosecution of alleged offenders were flawed.”

RBSCB chairwoman Lynne Jones said: “We have responded to this review and improvements have been implemented. I believe organisations are working better together, sharing information to ensure children are protected and that perpetrators of these crimes are prosecuted.”

Press Association

September 27, 2012
UK: South Yorkshire police chief faces MP quiz over sex cases

The chief constable of South Yorkshire is to face MPs about the scale of alleged sexual abuse of young girls in the county.

It comes after The Times said confidential police reports referred to widespread abuse of girls by Asian men.

Chief Constable David Crompton has been summoned to appear before the Commons Home Affairs select committee.

He said: “I will fully assist the Home Affairs select committee in answering any questions they may have.”

‘Uncover criminality’

Mr Crompton had already been due to face the committee to answer questions over the Hillsborough tragedy.

Keith Vaz MP, chairman of the Home Affairs select committee, told BBC News he wanted answers to the newspaper’s claims on abuse.

He said: “The select committee has been conducting an inquiry into grooming for some time, since the first time these revelations were exposed in The Times.

“It would be appropriate for us to have [Mr Crompton] to deal with some of the points that have been raised.

“I had asked David Crompton to come in and talk about the aftermath of Hillsborough and what his force is doing about it.

“Therefore it is appropriate following these revelations that he should also tell us what South Yorkshire police is doing and what appears to be a decision by agencies not to work together to try and uncover this criminality.”

The investigation by The Times – with access to confidential documents from the police intelligence bureau, social services and other organisations – alleged widespread abuse.

Force denial

The newspaper said a confidential 2010 report by the Police Intelligence Bureau detailed “a significant problem with networks of Asian males exploiting young white females, particularly in Rotherham and Sheffield”.

The paper claimed that in another confidential report in 2010 from Rotherham Safeguarding Children Board “there are sensitivities of ethnicity with potential to endanger the harmony of community relationships”.

South Yorkshire Police has emphatically denied withholding information about the scale of sexual exploitation of girls by gangs of men.

In an earlier statement the force said: “South Yorkshire Police is recognised as leading the way on what is now being recognised nationally as a problem and to suggest that the force and its partners are deliberately withholding information on the issue is a gross distortion and unfair on the teams of dedicated specialists working to tackle the problem.”

It said the force was “working with local authorities, social services and NHS on several live investigations, two of which are large and likely to lead to more prosecutions; we will act when we have the evidence”.

The statement added that The Times was “wrong to suggest a lack of commitment is shown towards the problem as our record shows”.

BBC

September 26, 2012