The Metropolitan Police have joined hacking groups in using Twitter as a free publicity platform to get their message out there. The idea is to warn cyber criminals that they will not let up when it comes tracking them down.
They commented �the investigation into the criminal activity of so-called �hackivist� groups Anonymous and LulzSec continues.�
�Under UK law it is an offence if a person acts from within the UK upon a computer anywhere else in the world. It is also an offence for someone anywhere else in the world to criminally affect a computer within the UK,� the tweet stated.
A link attached to the Tweet then elaborated on how anyone risking accessing a computer without authority would face imprisonment.
The move to Twitter has come after the arrest of Jake Davis. The 18-year-old Shetland resident who identifies himself as �Topiary� online is facing a total of five charges involving a number of attacks on corporate and governmental bodies.
It seems that now Anonymous at least is turning it�s attention to the US and has already promised a number of attacks on American governmental bodies. Outside of a �free Topiary� campaign the group is yet to announce another operation on British soil.
A recent Tweet read, �NSA, CIA, FBI, YOUNAMEIT: You all have our data. How about the public receives all of your data? Working on it.�