Data Exposed In Stratfor Compromise Analyzed

wiredmikey writes with an excerpt from an article in Security Week: "Following news that security and intelligence firm Stratfor is downplaying the recent hack of its systems, Identity Finder today shared a detailed analysis of the data released so far by the attackers. Based on the analysis, 50,277 Individual Credit Card Numbers were exposed, but 40,626 are expired, leaving just 9,651 that are not expired. In terms of emails, 86,594 Email addresses were claimed to be exposed by the hackers, but only 47,680 were unique. The hackers have released personal information for Stratfor subscribers whose first names begin with A through M, with N through Z expected to be released soon. In addition to the presently published data compromised during the attack, the attackers claim that 200GB of company email containing 2.7 million emails was captured as well." As of posting, Stratfor's website is still down.

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Inhibit Histrionics

[Bob9113]

I wrote, and rewrote, and rewrote a long and subtle post on the value of contemplating the underlying forces acting in society that lead to events like this, rather than jumping to adulation or condemnation. I came to the conclusion that I could not make it clear that I was advocating contemplation, not support or opposition. That all I would get in response would be some twit turning my post into a straw man then hurling rhetorical vitriol at it.

Then it came to me -- I may be able to extract some value from this thread after all. So, I implore you, read through this thread with this question in mind: Do the histrionic posts add value to the discussion or take it away?

My guess; histrionics cheapen the discussion. An emotional and one-sided post about how Anonymous is a terrorist organization or the savior of true democracy is sound and fury signifying nothing, and a waste of our valuable time.

Inhibit histrionics, however you can. They are pablum for the masses and better left to the professional simpletons in popular media.