London Police is the publication of photos of suspected rioters on his Flickr page and asking the public to help identify them.BlackBerry blog is hacked after smartphone maker says it may cooperate with the police in LondonNews reports say that protesters in London have used BlackBerry Messenger plan mayhem
Online groups are trying to identify rioters of images from surveillance cameras
(CNN) - after three days of rioting and looting in the streets, the riots in London moves to the Web.
Research on the BlackBerry blog within the movement was hacked on Tuesday after the Canadian smartphone maker suggested that it will cooperate with the police in London to help identify the rioters who may have used a BlackBerry Messenger service plan of mayhem.
A group of hacker named TeaMp0isoN took credit in the attack, which involved the publication of a statement on the blog of BlackBerry before RIM removed.
"Dear coast;" United Kingdom police and will assist because if u do innocent members of the public who were in the wrong place at the wrong time and owned a blackberry get charged for no reason at all, "the statement read in part." Then he threatened to make public a database of personal information of RIM employees.
Security blogger Graham Cluley said Tuesday was not clear if the hackers managed to publish in the BlackBerry blog due to a software vulnerability or because one of its administrators had cracked password.
The hack followed a statement feed on Monday night in Twitter the United Kingdom BlackBerry said, "we are for those affected by the riots in London." "We have committed ourselves to the authorities to help in any way possible."
A RIM spokesperson issued a statement to the Guardian and other media UK, saying that the company will meet a British law forces to surrender to the authorities its encrypted network information.
According to various news reports, many demonstrators UK have been organized through BlackBerry Messenger, a free tool for instant messaging that allows groups of smartphone users to communicate in private. Relatively low price of phones have become popular among British youth; a recent study by the telecommunications UK Ofcom research firm found that 37% of British teenagers prefer BlackBerrys other smartphones.
Some government officials in London asked RIM to turn off the BlackBerry Messenger temporarily to prevent further disturbances. A representative of RIM did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
On Tuesday, meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police of London began the publication of photos of suspected looters on his Flickr page and asking the public to help identify them. Someone another created a blog full of images of alleged criminals, to catch a Looter in Tumblr but was overwhelmed with submissions and stopped updating on Tuesday night.
Other groups online are swearing even use facial recognition software to identify the rioters of London's public images captured by surveillance cameras.