Stratfor Hackers Publish Email, Password Data

The hackers had promised that the release of the stolen data would cause "mayhem".

December 31, 2011 / 10:15 IST

Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group published hundreds of thousands of email addresses belonging to subscribers of private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc along with thousands of customer credit card numbers.The lists, which were published on the Internet, included information on people including former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former CIA Director Jim Woolsey. They could not be reached for comment.Click here for full story

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first published: Dec 31, 2011 10:05 am

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