725,284
Records Exposed
Dec 2011
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
In December 2011, Anonymous attacked the global intelligence company known as Stratfor and consequently disclosed a veritable treasure trove of data including hundreds of gigabytes of email and tens of thousands of credit card details which were promptly used by the attackers to make charitable donations (among other uses). The breach also included 860,000 user accounts complete with email address, time zone, some internal system data and MD5 hashed passwords with no salt.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Password Storage
MD5
Category
News - Politics
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Stratfor and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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