570,000 pager texts from 9/11 hacked and released.

Over 570,000 pager texts sent on Sept. 11, 2001 (9/11)were disclosed Wednesday by a nonprofit activist group.

Many of the pages released were from Government officials. "Messages in the archive range from Pentagon and New York Police Department exchanges, to computers reporting faults to their operators as the World Trade Center collapsed," according to WikiLeaks, a group which describes itself as a protector of "internal dissidents, whistleblowers, journalists and bloggers who face legal or other threats related to publishing." The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Emergency Management Administration declined to comment on the messages. A pager company, USA Mobility, said it was troubled to learn that some messages on its networks appear to have been intercepted.

Examples include:

8:53:44 AM: "NYPD Ops Div" PCT WORLD TRADE CENTER POSSIBLE EXPLOSION WORLD TRADE CENTER BUILDING. LEVEL 3 MOBILIZATION TO CHURCH AND VESSY.

9:04:01 AM: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL HAS NOT GIVEN US ANY CONCRETE INFO INDICATED PSBL HI-JACK COM ACFT. JOE TURNER OCC DUTY DIRECTOR

9:10:46 AM: Due to the explosions in the WTC all ATM's are being shutdown

In a statement, WikiLeaks said that "the archive is a completely objective record of the defining moment of our time. We hope that its revelation will lead to a more nuanced understanding of 9/11 and its tragic consequences." Most of the pages come from three companies, Metrocall, Skytel and Arch. USA Mobility Inc., which merged Arch and Metrocall systems in 2004, issued a statement Wednesday saying it was "troubled to learn that paging messages, including communications involving government officials, appear to have been intercepted and publicly disclosed in clear violation of federal criminal law." "We hope and expect that persons who engage in unlawful electronic surveillance will be apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," the statement said.

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