Because the Garda officer had forwarded work e-mails to a personal account, O'CEARRBHAIL learned information about how to access a conference call that the Garda, the FBI, and other lawenforcement agencies were planning to hold on January 17, 2012 regarding international investigations of Anonymous and other hacking groups.
Rep. William Keating, D-Massachusetts, noted that almost 2, 000 lawenforcement personnel took part in a planning exercise for the possibility of such an attack last November.