Hackers claim attack on US tear gas maker

A US security company whose tear gas has been used against Egyptian demonstrators has become the latest victim of the Anonymous movement, hackers claim.
In a statement posted to the internet overnight, hackers claimed to have broken into Combined Systems Inc's website and stolen personal information belonging to clients and employees of the Jamestown, Pennsylvania-based firm.
They accused the company of being run by war profiteers who sell "mad chemical weapons to militaries and cop shops around the world".
The hackers' claims could not immediately be verified, although the company's website was down overnight.
Messages left for Combined Systems executives Donald Smith and Jacob Kravel went unreturned. A customer service representative said senior employees were unavailable for comment because they were in a meeting.
Anonymous has claimed a series of web attacks worldwide and has increasingly focused on security companies, law enforcement and governmental organisations. The group has often worked in tandem with the Occupy protest movement in the US and has expressed solidarity with the pro-democracy activists across the Arab world.
Anonymous said it had targeted Combined Systems because it was supplying weaponry used "to repress our revolutionary movements".

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