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WikiLeaks to publish security think tank emails
al Reauters ^ | 2:33 PM Monday Feb 27, 2012

Posted on 02/26/2012 6:00:03 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: magellan

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.


21 posted on 02/26/2012 8:02:09 PM PST by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: 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/

22 posted on 02/26/2012 8:12:13 PM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: af_vet_rr
...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

23 posted on 02/26/2012 8:37:20 PM PST by Tenega
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To: Theoria
'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
24 posted on 02/26/2012 8:49:57 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: Tenega
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.
25 posted on 02/26/2012 9:01:23 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: af_vet_rr

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

all levels of information.


26 posted on 02/26/2012 9:34:18 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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.”


27 posted on 02/26/2012 10:05:55 PM PST by expat1000
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To: sten
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.
28 posted on 02/27/2012 12:50:05 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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