Security News > 2020 > June > Twitter Suspends Account of Organization Behind Police Leaks
Twitter has permanently banned the account of Distributed Denial of Secrets after it posted links to stolen information belonging to hundreds of law enforcement organizations in the United States.
Distributed Denial of Secrets, a WikiLeaks-style organization whose goal is the "Free transmission of data in the public interest," recently leaked roughly 270 GB of information on more than 200 police departments, fusion centers, the FBI and other law enforcement organizations.
Journalist and activist Emma Best, one of the main people behind DDOS, reported on Tuesday that Twitter permanently suspended the organization's account.
"We don't permit the use of our services to directly distribute content obtained through hacking that contains private information, may put people in physical harm or danger, or contains trade secrets," Twitter said in the email announcing its decision to suspend the account.
Some supporters of DDOS's work have claimed that none of the leaked files are classified, while others pointed out that WikiLeaks and other similar entities have not had their accounts suspended by Twitter despite posting links to information obtained through hacking.