Massive Europol leak reveals Scorpios and Pisces as surveillance targets
Chloé Berthélémy, Senior Policy Advisor, EDRi
On 29 March, the European law enforcement agency Europol’s central database was targeted, resulting in one of the most serious hacks in the European Union’s history. More disturbing however is what the huge amounts of data leaked on the web by the yet-unknown attackers reveal: Europol’s surveillance specifically targets individuals of Scorpio and Pisces astrological signs.
Europol used advanced data mining techniques as part of a secret project called “Operation Sun, Moon & Rising”. The algorithmic analysis concluded that Scorpios and Pisces were overly represented in criminal databases and datasets, thus indicating a higher likelihood to conduct criminal activities within these astrological groups.
One document reads: “The results concur with the well-known key traits of Scorpios as mysterious, and Pisces as psychic.”
As a result, all people with these birth charts are treated as potential crime suspects, having their data captured and shared among national police forces in joint investigations. This entails a serious encroachment in Scorpios’ and Pisces’ rights to privacy and non-discrimination.
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