Re:860k Stratfor Accounts Dump
by dantheman on Friday December 30, 2011 @03:07AM
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I'm a fan of Stratfor (I read it to get a handle on international news - they provide a background/context to enable me to understand what's going on, unlike traditional news), and I don't agree with this type of activity, but calling someone a traitor is a serious allegation, especially when these people are merely criminals and are not committing treason, which is what traitors do. Given that I don't understand the point of posting account details with password hashes, and CC#s - what are they trying to achieve?
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I read it to get a handle on international news - they provide a background/context to enable me to understand what's going on, unlike traditional news
That sounds like it might be worth looking at. Is there a publicly accessible example you could provide a link to?
Unfortunately, their site has been down since the penetration. Even if it appears most of their content is not free, I signed up for their newsletter and received links to some articles regularly.
I highly recommend "The Geopolitics of the United States" series. Very well reasoned and clear explanation of the underpinning advantages of the US. It all clicked together so nicely.
No idea where you could find it now though.
Maybe these black hats should have snatched a copy of the content instead of these stupid mail spools.
John Mauldin frequently links to / references / includes excerpts from STRATFOR in his own newsletters. This is just an excerpt, but should give anyone curious a sense of the quality: