CLARKSBURG -
Clarksburg Police Chief Marshall Goff had his personal information hacked and publicized Monday by a hacking group, CabinCr3w. The group is a division of the international hacking group Anonymous, which claims it protects free speech.
But Goff, who has been chief since 2007, wasn't worried.
"I'm in a public job and I should be readily accessible. If somebody needs something that's what I'm here for anyway," he said.
The group published information like addresses and phone numbers of all West Virginia police chiefs. It wanted to bring attention to police brutality in the state, it said.
Goff recently dismissed an officer as a result of alleged brutality. But he said the case was an anomaly.
"I caution my officers every day. Treat the people like you want to be treated," Goff said.
Though Goff was not worried about his information getting out in cyberspace, he still cautioned the public against what it put out on the Internet.
"Keep everything basic on email accounts, Facebook, anything like that," he said.
He also cautioned the public against putting too much information in status updates. He said not to post when you're going out of town or even when you're going to the mall. His department deals often with hacking investigations, he said.
But if you're volunteering your whereabouts or information, no one even needs to hack you.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations is investigating the hacking incident.
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