http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/1226/Intelligence-firm-Stratfor-reels-after-data-breach.-What-did-hackers-get By Mark Trumbull Staff writer The Christian Science Monitor December 26, 2011 The risks of cyber break-ins were exposed again over the holiday weekend as the firm Strategic Forecasting, known as Stratfor, faced an intrusion by hackers that compromised client data and credit card numbers. The private firm provides analysis of geopolitical and security issues to clients who range from the US military to large corporations. Stratfor is based in Austin, Texas. Hackers breached the firm's computer systems, claiming to act as the group known as Anonymous, which has perpetrated other cyberattacks this year. The online infiltrators released thousands of credit card details, passwords, and home addresses from Stratfor's private client list, via the information-sharing website Pastebin. This data breach is not just embarrassing for a prominent purveyor of intelligence, but also potentially worrisome for Stratfor's clients. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Dec 27 2011 - 03:40:25 PST
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