Washington: Hackers have claimed to have stolen 200 GB of e-mails and credit card data from United States security think tank Stratfor, promising a weeklong Christmasinspired assault on a long list of targets.
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.
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