Stratfor Hacked, 200 GB of Emails, Credit Cards Stolen, Client List Released...

[Ed Jewett]

Analysis of Stratfor Site Breach Reveals Weak Passwords, Poor Enforcement
eWeek (4 Jan 12)


Stratfor "Provides strategic intelligence on global business, economic, security and geopolitical affairs."

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STRATFOR[TR]
Type[TD="class: category"]Private[/TD]
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Industry[TD="class: category"]intelligence[/TD]
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Founded[TD]1996[/TD]
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Headquarters[TD="class: label"]Austin, Texas, USA[/TD]
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Key people[TD="class: agent"]George Friedman (founder, chairman and Chief Intelligence Officer)[/TD]
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Products[TD]strategic intelligence, tactical intelligence, custom intelligence, written and multimedia analysis, corporate security analysis, geopolitics[/TD]
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Employees[TD]70 (2004)[/TD]
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Website[TD]http://www.stratfor.com/[/TD]
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Strategic Forecasting, Inc., more commonly known as STRATFOR, is a global intelligencecompany founded in 1996 in Austin, Texas by George Friedman who is the founder, chief intelligence officer, and CEO of the company. Fred Burton is STRATFOR's Vice President for Counterterrorism and Corporate Security.
The company's primary focus is to help clients with security. It also publishes security newsletters that are available to the general public. Stratfor is known for its secrecy, especially its confidential client list.[SUP][citation needed][/SUP]