Intelligence firm Stratfor reels after data breach. What did hackers get?

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>

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.

[...]
_______________________________________________
Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org)
Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/
Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list

Small, inexpensive USB drives pose huge threats to organizations left unprotected. 
Download Chapter 1 of CREDANT Technologies eBook
Data Protection to the Rescue
http://www.credant.com/campaigns/external_media_ebook/chapter1/lp/