WikiLeaks to publish security think tank emails

al Reauters ^ | 2:33 PM Monday Feb 27, 2012

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said it would begin publishing more than five million emails on Monday from a US-based global security think tank, apparently obtained by hackers.

In its latest high-profile disclosure, WikiLeaks said in a statement it had acquired access to a vast haul of internal and external correspondence of Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor), based in Austin Texas.

[achilles2000]

Stratfor? Ha! They just hacked into 5 million pieces of spam and exercises in creative writing. They might as well have hacked the emails of Attorney Odingo Njuba of Lagos, Nigeria, who needs help moving several million dollars from Lagos to London.

[VanShuyten]

The book is Darkmarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops, and You by Misha Glenny.

A summary of the interview is here: http://johnbatchelorshow.com/jb/2012/01/darkmarket-for-all-2012/

[Tenega]

...I predict some careers ending and people doing jailtime over this...

Zerohedge reporting George Friedman has resigned as Stratfor CEO.

http://www.zerohedge.com/

http://pastebin.com/D7sR4zhT

[af_vet_rr]

'It is now clear that the "Stratfor Leak" is replete with spies. The "Stratfor Leak" needs further intensive review. Cryptocomb has discovered that Ann Foley (Illegal Russian Spy) was a Stratfor Member. She used her real russian name "Elena Vavilova" (Stupid Move) in her registration, and used her cover name (Ann Foley) as her billing name. Her Stratfor password was "heathfield". Her email address was/is annfoleysvp@hotmail.com'

Interesting, but I wonder if she got actual classified information from Stratfor. I will give Stratfor the benefit of the doubt and assume they got their information from careful analysis of events through the media and press releases that anybody with a brain could develop, but if it is something like another FReeper said, and there are people in the government or military selling information to Stratfor, there will be some people in trouble

[af_vet_rr]

Zerohedge reporting George Friedman has resigned as Stratfor CEO.

Surprised he admits that Stratfor didn't have good security. Seems like that would open them up to a lot of lawsuits from their subscribers.

[sten]

many corporations deal with classified information as part of their function.

all levels of information.

[expat1000]

This is not the first time they have been hacked, or maybe this is the info that Wikileaks allegedly has:

“STRATFOR’s subscribers list was confidential, and the company’s publicity list includes Fortune 500 companies and international government agencies.[5] The hacker group Operation AntiSec claimed to have made it public on December 24, 2011,[6] however, Stratfor denied that the hack recovered the client list.[7] Stratfor instead claimed that the group only recovered a list of news subscriptions.”

[af_vet_rr]

many corporations deal with classified information as part of their function.

all levels of information.

Do those corporations sell that information or sell reports based on that information? Because that's what Stratfor does. I'm not aware of any corporations selling classified information to anybody with a pulse and a credit card. At least legally.

The hacking crap - that's a criminal case. They need to catch the guys who did it and file charges against them and throw them in prison. Stratfor's former founder and CEO admitting they didn't have good security - that's a civil case just waiting to be filed by Stratfor subscribers. Chances are Stratfor will fire some people (the wrong people), settle out of court, and continue doing business as usual.

But if it comes out that there are government/military personnel selling information to Stratfor, and that's what being mentioned by people who have seen some of the hacked stuff, that's a completely different matter. That's going to involve both the informants and Stratfor.