In US security think tank Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor) said its website had been hacked and that some of the names of corporate subscribers had been made public, as per a report by Reuters.
It is believed that activist hacker group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for the breach - the same group that became famous after attacking websites of companies that opposed WikiLeaks or its founder Julian Assange.
"As a result of this incident the operation of Stratfor's servers and email have been suspended," Reuters quotes the Austin-based company as saying in an email.
The report says: "Hackers claiming to be the group Anonymous said they had obtained around 4,000 credit card details, passwords and home addresses on Stratfor's private client list, which was posted on information-sharing website Pastebin."
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