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Hacker targets abortion website

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LONDON, UK: A member of Anonymous, a hacking group, reportedly broke into the website of Britain's biggest abortion provider because he "disagreed" with the decisions of two women he knew over their pregnancy terminations, a court heard.
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According to a report by The Guardian on Sunday the hacker identified as James Jeffery, 27, stole around 10,000 database record

s containing the personal details of women who had registered with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service's site, before boasting of his crime on Twitter.

Westminster magistrates court in London heard that the "able" hacker had also identified "vulnerabilities" on a series of websites for major international organisations, including the FBI, CIA and the houses of parliament.
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