Hacking group Lulz Security has released a torrent of documents stolen from the Arizona Department of Public Safety in what it says will be the first release of information accumulated as part of "Operation Anti-Security," a campaign to hack, disrupt, and embarrass law enforcement agencies and private security contractors. LulzSec claims that it targeted Arizona law enforcement in response to Arizona's controversial anti-immigration law, saying that it opposes the law itself, and "the racial profiling anti-immigrant police state that is Arizona."

The torrent, entitled "Chinga La Migra!"—which translates as "f**k the police" or "f**k the border patrol"—contains documents pertaining to "border patrol and counter-terrorism operations and describe the use of informants to infiltrate various gangs, cartels, motorcycle clubs, Nazi groups, and protest movements." The documents themselves are variously marked "law enforcement sensitive," "not for public distribution," and "for official use only."

Many of the documents appear to be mundane. There are bulletins describing suspects with outstanding warrants, court documents, and interdepartmental e-mail correspondence. The presumed source of the files are the e-mail accounts of seven police officers listed in LulzSec's press release. The officers' e-mail passwords are also included, and demonstrate a very low level of awareness of computer security; passwords include "12345," "rosebud," and officers' badge numbers.

The Arizona DPS has confirmed that it has been hacked, and has disabled its Web-based e-mail and website in response. DPS spokesman Steve Harrison confirmed that the documents seemed to be authentic, and said that the agency's IT people were investigating the attack. He also claimed that the agency had heard rumors or a tip that its systems were going to be attacked.

The group promised that it would make new Operation Anti-Security releases each week that will reveal private law enforcement and military documents, with intent being to "purposefully sabotage their efforts to terrorize communities fighting an unjust 'war on drugs'." The next set of documents can be expected on Monday.