CEO George Friedman said the company was targeted more than once by hackers and had known for some time about a data-based attack. He said he was first alerted to the website in early December weeks before the loose-knit hacking movement took to Twitter to boast of bringing down the website and stealing a stash of credit card numbers, emails and other data from the company. “We are now in a world in which anonymous judges, jurors and executioners can silence whom they want,” Friedman said.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/01/stratfor-back-online-after-hack-with.html