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Stratfor is not much more than a small news organization. Why would a news company have secret intelligence from the "world's most powerful men"? They are in t
by forensic 15y ago
Stratfor is not much more than a small news organization. Why would a news company have secret intelligence from the "world's most powerful men"?
They are in the business of publishing everything they know -- that's how they get paid! Their info is not secret. Anyone who emails them is trying to get info RELEASED, not hide it!
They certainly have secret informants, but why do you want to compromise informants who are willing to work with the press? What does that solve?
Dick Cheney does not send emails to Stratfor. He's not stupid!
This whole operation is just another demonstration that Anonymous only targets low hanging fruit. They tried hacking the NYT but their security was too good. They tried hacking the Pentagon but hopelessly failed. So they decided to hack a small (high-quality) news company with 70 employees, that reports exclusively on global affairs.
Now they are going to reveal Stratfor's sources and get people killed, just like they did in the Mexico affair.
This isn't an achievement, it's just showing off. I doubt they are going to find much and the victims of this release are not going to be anyone in powerful positions. Rather it will be informants like Gaddafi's Butler who will have their lives ruined.
For the record, I would support Anonymous if they actually bothered to hack the government and release those files. I would even support them if they hacked known bad guys like Halliburton or known propaganda networks like FOX.
But Anonymous is just picking low-hanging fruit and hyping it up to make themselves look good. The "top secret client list" is nothing more than a marketing strategy by Stratfor. Their client list is: people interested in global politics.