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"Enviro-hackers leak emails, stoke climate debate
Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research centre in Britain and posted hundreds of private emails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
The University of East Anglia, in eastern England, said in a statement yesterday that the hackers had entered the server and stolen data at its Climatic Research Unit, a leading global research centre on climate change.
The university said police are investigating the theft of the information, but could not confirm if all the materials posted online are genuine.
More than a decade of correspondence between leading British and US scientists is included in about 1,000 emails and 3,000 documents posted on websites following the security breach last week.
Some climate change sceptics and bloggers claim the information shows scientists have overstated the case for global warming, and allege the documents contain proof that some researchers have attempted to manipulate data."
Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research centre in Britain and posted hundreds of private emails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.
The University of East Anglia, in eastern England, said in a statement yesterday that the hackers had entered the server and stolen data at its Climatic Research Unit, a leading global research centre on climate change.
The university said police are investigating the theft of the information, but could not confirm if all the materials posted online are genuine.
More than a decade of correspondence between leading British and US scientists is included in about 1,000 emails and 3,000 documents posted on websites following the security breach last week.
Some climate change sceptics and bloggers claim the information shows scientists have overstated the case for global warming, and allege the documents contain proof that some researchers have attempted to manipulate data."
