The infamous hacking group Anonymous has hacked the Austin-based security firm Stratfor. Anonymous claims to have stolen credit card data and other sensitive information in its latest hacking attempt.
Stratfor is a research group that posts a daily newsletter on security issues and counts the Defense Department among others as clients. Stratfor, a self-proclaimed “intelligence company” admitted yesterday that a breach occurred on Christmas Eve and certain personal client information had been stolen.
Anonymous is a group of “hacktivists” that generally fight censorship, uncover injustice or just act as anarchists, but this recent attempt looks like thievery. Why is Anonymous belittling itself as a group by doing something so low-class as stealing credit card information? Does Anonymous have any internal control of its members? Click here to see the original article.
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I worked with a lot of police officers in the past, a few were helpful, however, the majority were unhelpful in regards to the investigation I was conducting at the time. They often used the excuse, “we don’t have enough manpower to chase down this case,” or “in the grand scheme of things your case is not of great monetary value, so sorry we can’t help you.” They are often times over-worked, so I can sympathize. Also, this is often the reason why a private detectives even has work, so I guess I ought to thank them. When frustrated though, I often wanted to call a detective at the local PD Gomer Pyle or Elmer Fudd, but never did. This guy actually did, check it out: 