Ulla Pyysalo, who worked for the True Finns MP Juho Eerola, said she would resign after her name apeared on the list last week, according to the Finnish broadcaster YLE.
"We have successfully and easily hacked [the neo-Nazi] website and published the database of its membership application database containing personal datas of some applicants from all around the country," a statement posted online on Monday and attributed to Anonymous Finland said.
"We have no tolerance for any group based on racial, sexual and religion discrimination as well as for all the people belonging to them and sharing their ideologies, which is the reason why we decided to carry out last Monday's attack."
The collective also said it was behind a series of attacks on websites unrelated to political extremism that exposed the personal details of 16,000 people. The data published online included social security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, street addresses, and email addresses.
Authorities are investigating the security breaches, which took place last week, according to an online message attributed to Anonymous Finland.
The National Bureau of Investigation warned those affected to contact their local police station for guidance on avoiding online scams that might seek top exploit their personal information.
Anonymous Finland said it mounted the attacks “to see whether Finnish authorities, companies and institutions offer their users a proper security and safely treat and store their info”.
“Sadly, we found out they never did,” it said.
“Getting into websites and databases was as easy as cutting butter with a knife.”
Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of the Finnish internet security firm F-Secure, branded the release of the data “irresponsible”.
Finland’s communications regulator said it appeared the data was stolen from education groups, which it did not name.
Anonymous styles itself as a leaderless collective to which anyone can claim membership.
Christopher Williams @'The Telegraph'
The National Bureau of Investigation warned those affected to contact their local police station for guidance on avoiding online scams that might seek top exploit their personal information.
Anonymous Finland said it mounted the attacks “to see whether Finnish authorities, companies and institutions offer their users a proper security and safely treat and store their info”.
“Sadly, we found out they never did,” it said.
“Getting into websites and databases was as easy as cutting butter with a knife.”
Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of the Finnish internet security firm F-Secure, branded the release of the data “irresponsible”.
Finland’s communications regulator said it appeared the data was stolen from education groups, which it did not name.
Anonymous styles itself as a leaderless collective to which anyone can claim membership.
Christopher Williams @'The Telegraph'
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