Hackers claiming to be the group Anonymous said they had obtained around 4,000 credit card details, passwords and home addresses on Stratfor's private client list, which was posted on information-sharing website Pastebin.
The question now is: can an "intelligence" company like Stratfor survive such a disaster?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/26/us-stratfor-hacking-idUSTRE7BO0GM20111226
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24 hours later, site still down http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/12/27...An announcement was made on the Stratfor Facebook page warning public supporters of the company that they could be targeted by the hacker group.
48 hours later, same thing
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/242934/scitech/technology/anonymous-attack-on-stratfor-compromised-50k-credit-card-numbers
The Christmas Day hack attack on the website of think tank Strategic Forecasting Inc. (Stratfor) may have affected some 50,000 people and compromised some 50,277 credit card numbers, a data protection firm said.
Identity Finder said the data breach may have also compromised 44,188 hashed passwords and some 47,680 email addresses.
Day 5, site still down...
Startfor is doing damage control by offering it's customers identity theft protection.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/12/30/stratfor-offers-customers-identity-theft-protection-after-hack/