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| Stratfor urged its members to notify authorities about any suspicious credit card activities |
The
activist hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of emails,
passwords and credit card details from a US-based security think-tank.
The hackers
claim they were able to obtain the information because the company, Stratfor,
did not encrypt it.
They say
Stratfor's clients include the US defence department, law enforcement agencies
and media organisations.
The
Austin-based company says it has now suspended the operation on its servers and
email.
An alleged
member of Anonymous posted an online message, claiming that the group had used
Stratfor clients' credit card details to make "over a million
dollars" in donations to different charities.
Stratfor
later announced that it would keep its email and servers suspended for some
time.
It also
said the disclosure was "merely a list of some of the members that have
purchased our publications and does not comprise a list of individuals or entities
that have a relationship with Stratfor".
Anonymous
has previously claimed responsibility for cyber attacks on financial
institutions seen as enemies of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks.
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