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Posted December 25, 2011 by Abhijit Bangera in Hack
 
 

Anonymous attacks security firm Stratfor, $1M stolen/donated

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Whitehat security firm Stratfor underwent a massive hack by Anonymous hackers on eve of Christmas or should we tell ‘LulzXmas’ as the Anonymous would call it. STRATFOR provides intelligence to a range of commercial and government customers, and has been beefing up its coverage of cyber, and specifically of Anonymous. Official website of Stratfor stratfor.com went offline after the attack but those interested can view a mirror of the deface.

Anonymous hackers posted this youtube video at the top of the defaced page:

 

 

In addition, Sabu, a leading member of the group, boasted on Twitter that

Over 90,000 Credit cards from LEA, journalists, intelligence community and whitehats leaked and used for over a million dollars in donations

Also the hackers leaked the private client list of Stratfor on Pastebin. If the classified info has been stolen then it would have a huge impact.

Here is a message by George Friedman,CEO and founder of STRATFOR

Dear Stratfor Member,

We have learned that Stratfor’s web site was hacked by an unauthorized party. As a result of this incident the operation of Stratfor’s servers and email have been suspended.

We have reason to believe that the names of our corporate subscribers have been posted on other web sites. We are diligently investigating the extent to which subscriber information may have been obtained.

Stratfor and I take this incident very seriously. Stratfor’s relationship with its members and, in particular, the confidentiality of their subscriber information, are very important to Stratfor and me. We are working closely with law enforcement in their investigation and will assist them with the identification of the individual(s) who are responsible.

Although we are still learning more and the law enforcement investigation is active and ongoing, we wanted to provide you with notice of this incident as quickly as possible. We will keep you updated regarding these matters.

Sincerely,

George Friedman

Source: policeledintelligence


Abhijit Bangera

 
Abhijit Bangera is the Founder and Editor of GeekTech. He is an Electronics and Communication Engineer who is passionate about Gadgets and everything to go with it. He is a self-taught website developer. Apart from all this he is also a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist.


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