The following is an excerpt from Zoe Fox | December 26, 2011 | CNN.com |
(Mashable) — Hacker group Anonymous began its promised week of Christmas hacks, assaulting a long list of targets. The first Anonymous hack resulted in stolen emails and credit card data from Stratfor, an Austin-based think tank that concentrates on security issues.
One alleged conspirator said the goal was to use that credit card data to steal a million dollars, and give the money away as Christmas donations, the AP reports. Online images, posted to Twitter, show receipts from the donations.
Twitter account @YourAnonNews, which is supposedly linked to the group, tweeted Sunday that the reason it was able to steal the credit card data was because it had not been encrypted by Stratfor — an embarrassing mistake for a company specializing in security.
Among the private clients on Stratfor’s tightly-guarded list — whose information Anonymous says it accessed — are the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force and the Miami Police Department.
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