On Dec. 27th, 2011, Michelle Meyers reported for CNET on the hacking of Stratfor. Again, Stratfor is a company that provides intelligence briefings for its corporate and government clients. According to the article, Stratfor's clients include the US Army, the US Air Force, and the Miami Police Dept.
The article notes that the hacker group Anti-Sec, not the hacktivist group Anonymous, has claimed responsibility for the attack. Anti-Sec is a more radical off-shoot of Anonymous. Where Anon uses cyberattack to promote a social good (controversial, but that is at least their aim), Anti-Sec uses cyberattack to cause mayhem and chaos. Problem is that members of Anti-Sec are also members of Anonymous, so attribution is difficult.
The article goes on to elaborate on earlier reports by citing a report by Identity Finder, a data-loss prevention service. Check the article for the exact numbers, but Identity Finder reported that Anti-Sec has released a great deal of personal information, e-mails, credit card numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and passwords of Stratfor clients.
The rest of the article can be found here.
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