Anonymous + general hacktivists 2009-2018 (Idaho State Police)
| Multi Request | Anonymous + general hacktivists 2009-2018 |
| Submitted | May 29, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Idaho Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Documents mentioning or relating to Anonymous (the hacker movement/collective, see below) or hacktivism (defined as hacking as a form of protest and/or activism) generated between 1 January 2009 and 1 January 2019, including but not limited to:
* Internal reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts relating to Anonymous or hacktivism
* Reports from the appropriate IT (Information Technology) or computer offices regarding possible cyber attacks by Anonymous or other hacktivists
* Reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts sent to or received from either the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, any fusion center or federal agency relating to or mentioning Anonymous or hacktivism
* Incident reports investigating possible hacking activity falling within the office's jurisdiction and allegedly carried out by members of Anonymous or other hacktivist groups
* Materials generated as a result of any suspected or actual compromise, breach or "dox" (revealing of personal or private information) by Anonymous or other hacktivists
Anonymous has been described by government agencies as a non-hierarchical hacktivist collective, Anonymous uses hacking (and arguably cracking) techniques to register political protest in campaigns known as “#ops.” Best known for their distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, past activities have included attacks against the Church of Scientology; Visa, Paypal, and others who withdrew their services from WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange after that group began releasing war documents; #OpTunisia and others purporting to support the Arab Spring; and a campaign that brought down the website of the Westboro Baptist Church. #Ops are usually marked with the release of a video of a reader in a Guy Fawkes mask using a computer generated voice. See attached for additional background information.
I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the Internet Archive and MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Emma Best
From: Idaho State Police
Ms. Best,
Please see attached.
Amy Jordan
Idaho State Police Headquarters
desk: 208-884-7100
cell: 208-880-2197
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Best 10 day
From: Idaho State Police
Ms. Best,
It is estimated it will take approximately 8 hours to completely process your request. Attached is a cost estimate for the work to do so. When payment is received, we will continue processing your request.
Thank you.
Amy Jordan
Idaho State Police Headquarters
desk: 208-884-7100
cell: 208-880-2197
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual(s) named as recipients (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient) and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or protected from disclosure under applicable law including, but not limited to, the attorney client privilege and/or work product doctrine. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, please notify the sender immediately by telephone. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this transmission, disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information it contains.
From: Emma North-Best
What is the basis for estimating it will take 10 hours to search for the records? How is this reconciled with your simultaneous statement that their availability is unknown?
From: Idaho State Police
Ms. Best,
When you received the initial response requesting 10-day extension, we had not yet conducted any searches for the terms you requested; typically coordinating searches take at least a day. After a thorough records and email search, over 9,000 emails/records returned with one or more of those keywords in the content.
We are required by Idaho statute and Idaho State Police procedure to review each email/record to ensure that an individuals' personal identifying information or information on cases under active investigation are not compromised in the release of this information. After an initial review of the emails/records (the first two hours of research are done free of charge) we had reviewed over 1800 of those emails/records in question. Averaging this work pace (approximately 900 emails per hour) and over 9,000 emails (the first two hours free of charge to begin review of those 1800 emails/records) multiplied by my hourly rate, equals the $333.84 charge quoted for review and then release these records.
Thank you,
Sergeant Bret Kessinger
Idaho State Police, District III Investigations
Idaho Criminal Intelligence Center - [IC]2
(208) 884-7111 Office | (208) 884-7191 Fax
Please report any suspicious activity to https://www.isp.idaho.gov/icic/
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CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual(s) named as recipients (or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient) and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. It may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or protected from disclosure under applicable law including, but not limited to, the attorney client privilege and/or work product doctrine. If you are not the intended recipient of this transmission, please notify the sender immediately by telephone. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this transmission, disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information it contains.
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