Anonymous shreds intelligence firm Stratfor in latest hack

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In what may be its most devastating attack since HBGary, the Anonymous hacking collective "rooted" the database of security intelligence firm Stratfor to plunder a claimed 200 gigabytes worth of data.

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STRATFOR Global Intelligence page did:

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Sad news from Global Intelligence site are here .. : http://www.stratfor.com/ - :s so are hacked!..

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'Austin, TX—
Instead of trying to hack into their presents on Christmas Eve, some nerds were hacking into a global intelligence company's website.

The company in question is Stratfor, an Austin-based think-tank that analyses international affairs and security threats.'

'The hackers claim they released client data, including information from 4,000 credit cards and the company's private client list.

What would have been a victory for computer geeks everywhere ended up not being a big deal after all.

Stratfor says the so-called private client list is just a list of people who are subscribed to their daily emails. It's not a list of clients who have purchased their intelligence services.

It is unclear which hacker group did this, but, the group "anonymous" isn't touching this one with a 10-foot pole.'