The FBI has admitted that the Hactivist group Anonymous was able to break security protocols and listen in on a conversation between the Agency and UK Police concerning what else, but the group Anonymous itself. At the very least, such an intrusion is an embarrassment for the FBI, which should be securing its conference call lines ;-)

The call itself sounds like business as usual. Agents from the FBI and the United Kingdom's Metropolitan police talk about ongoing investigations into Anonymous, Lulzsec, and other hacking groups. They discuss legal strategy for two alleged hackers, Ryan Cleary and Jake Davis, who were arrested last year, and mention other suspects who haven't been arrested yet.

One notable tidbit from the conference call was about the hacking of Valve's Steam network late last year. After a U.K. official mentions having a suspect ("a 15 year-old kid who's basically just doing this all for attention and a bit of an idiot"), an FBI official says the agency has an investigation looking into that case. The hacker, who goes by the alias TEHWONGZ, apparently mentioned Steam in a document claiming credit for various security breaches.

The FBI is now investigating the conference call intrusion. "The information was intended for law enforcement officers and was illegally obtained," the agency said in a statement.