Hackers publish David Irving's contacts e-mails and addresse

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A group identifying themselves as "anti-fascist hackers" broke into the website and e-mail account of controversial British historian and accused Holocaust-denier David Irving and obtained his private communications as well as attendee lists for his current U.S. speaking tour.

The hackers posted Irving's e-mail correspondence online, as well as the user name and password for his website account and AOL e-mail account, which shared the same password. The hackers also posted the e-mail addresses and other personal information — such as names, phone numbers and shipping and credit card billing addresses — of people who made donations through his websites, purchased his books or bought tickets for his appearances.

Irving's username and password for his Authorize.net account, which handles the credit card transactions on his website, were also exposed.

The data was posted on whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks on Friday evening in advance of Irving's Saturday speaking engagement at the Catholic Kolping Society of America in New York City. The organization reportedly canceled the event on Friday after someone contacted it.

The Jewish Defense Organization denied responsibility for the hack.

"We applaud the act, but we have no idea who did it," said spokesman Jeff Klein. "This is the first we've heard of it."

UPDATE: Irving's assistant, Jaenelle Antas, forwarded a statement from Irving saying that it would be several days before he could assess the damage from the hack, since his web provider had apparently scheduled repairs to begin on Friday — the day of the hack — and last for seven days, making it difficult for him to access his account.

"We have a complete back-up, in any case," he wrote. "Half the files [the hackers] posted were already publicly available on the website, like the Radical's Diary. Other items they appear to have invented. We shall be apologising to the many people who may find themselves inconvenienced by these juvenile cyber-nasties. We are puzzled that they are so frightened by historical debate."

Antas did not respond to a follow-up question asking which items the hackers posted were invented.

This post was updated with a response from the Jewish Defense Organization.

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