BART police keep back demonstrators that are trying to keep a train from leaving the Civic Centre Station. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
A STOUSH between activists and San Francisco's subway operator BART has escalated with the leaking of personal details of scores of transit police officers.
Names, home addresses, email addresses and passwords belonging to more than 100 officers were leaked online, after hackers gained access to a BART police union database.
The leak comes after a protest earlier this week which led to the closure of several subway stations, and the hacking and defacement of several BART websites.
Another earlier hack also saw the personal details of more than 2000 commuters published.
An Anonymous Twitter account announced the latest breach and linked to the leaked police details, but did not immediately claim credit for the hack.
The stoush was sparked last week when BART officials cut mobile phone services to commuters to thwart a protest planned over the fatal shooting of a man by transit officers.
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The controversial move was slammed by at least one member of BART's board of directors.
Board member Lynette Sweet said: "I'm just shocked that they didn't think about the implications of this. We really don't have the right to be this type of censor.
"In my opinion, we've let the actions of a few people affect everybody. And that's not fair."
However BART's chief spokesman Linton Johnson has said he had no regrets and would consider cutting mobile service again if necessary.
This week, mobile service remained on during a protest over the move, however police in riot gear were called in to deal with demonstrators and several stations were closed.
With Paul Elias in San Francisco for AP
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