Stratfor

Disclosed Dec 25, 2011859,777 accountsUnverified

Anonymous hackers leak Stratfor subscriber emails and card numbers

Hackers affiliated with Anonymous breached intelligence publisher Stratfor and published hundreds of thousands of subscriber email addresses along with thousands of credit card numbers; Have I Been Pwned lists 859,777 accounts.

What is known

People affected	859,777 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
Disclosed	Dec 25, 2011
Happened	Dec 24, 2011
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	Payment cardsEmailsNamesPasswordsPhone numbersAddresses
Sector	Media · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
Lawsuit or fine	Class action settlement (2012)
Check your email	Have I Been Pwned

Sources

Aggregatorhaveibeenpwned.com

Have I Been Pwned: Stratfor

Newsweb.archive.org

Stratfor to settle class action suit over hack

Notices filed

TotalDec 25, 2011

ResearchCount not stated

Accounts in the dataDec 4, 2013

Have I Been Pwned859,777 people

History of this record

source_type2026-09-25

aggregator to pressby seedSource

source_url2026-09-25

https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Stratfor to https://web.archive.org/web/2012/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-stratfor-hack-lawsuit-idUSBRE85R03720120628by seedSource

status2026-09-25

disclosed to settledby seedSource

lawsuit2026-09-25

empty to Class action settlement (2012)by seedSource

country2026-09-25

empty to USby seedSource

sector2026-09-25

tech to mediaby seedSource

attack2026-09-25

unknown to hackingby seedSource

disclosed2026-09-25

2013-12-04 to 2011-12-25by seedSource

summary2026-09-25

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 w to Hackers affiliated with Anonymous breached intelligence publisher Stratfor and published hundreds of thousands of subscriber email addresses along with thousands of credit card numbers; Have I Been Pwned lists 859,777 accounts.by seedSource

title2026-09-25

empty to Anonymous hackers leak Stratfor subscriber emails and card numbersby seedSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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