AUSTIN, Texas: U.S. security think tank Strategic Forecasting Inc
(Stratfor) said its website had been hacked and that some of the names
of corporate subscribers had been made public.Stratfor said the breach
came from an unauthorized party, while activist hacker group Anonymous
claimed responsibility.'As a result of this incident the operation of
Stratfor s servers and email have been suspended,' the Austin-based
company said in an email on Sunday.Hackers claiming to be the group
Anonymous said they had obtained around 4,000 credit card details,
passwords and home addresses on Stratfor s private client list, which
was posted on information-sharing website Pastebin.Anonymous, reported
to be a loose-knit group of hackers, became famous for attacking the
companies and institutions that oppose WikiLeaks and its founder Julian
Assange.Anonymous has also been linked to attacks on the websites of the
PlayStation store, the Church of Scientology and governments around the
globe that it considered oppressive.Stratfor, which describes itself as
a provider of strategic intelligence for business, economic, security
and geopolitical affairs, said it was 'working closely with law
enforcement in their investigation and will assist them with the
identification of the individual(s) who are responsible'. (Reuters)
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