Anonymous publishes hacked Stratfor emails

HACKTIVIST GROUP Anonymous has released two sets of teaser emails retrieved from a recent attack on servers at the security intelligence firm Stratfor.

The well-known group successfully targeted the firm recently and managed to access its customers' credentials including unencrypted credit card details. It also got hold of internal emails. which it has started to publish online.

Anonymous said on Twitter:

A wild teaser appears! #SOPA is srs business, so we bring you some lulz today in the form of #Stratfor emails: bit.ly/z6daTa

— AnonymousIRC (@AnonymousIRC) January 16, 2012

Anonymous has posted two teaser emails on Pastebin that were obtained in the hacking attack. The first is a strange set of emails containing abuse and even a marriage proposal involving Michael McCullar, senior editor of special projects at Stratfor.

The second set of internal emails between Stratfor staff talks about Anonymous and the web site Wikileaks. The group is described as "global hippies and arseholes".

One email said, "If they move from a bunch of tech geeks in mum's basement into a real movement they could cause serious trouble and be hard to kill."

Stratfor's web site has gotten back online and it is offering content for free. George Friedman, CEO of Stratfor said in a blog post that he expects to be attacked again.

More emails are on the way, as the first post said, "Hi guise. Well, we know all of you are waiting for those Stratfor emails. They'll be online soon, in a f**king lulzy awesome way." µ