Network security experts have long recognized that email isn’t ideal for privacy. While Stratfor’s size and client list may have been appealing to hacktivists, it doesn’t take a high profile target to be vulnerable.
Stratfor’s oversight not only made its clients vulnerable but was also a major embarrassment to an intelligence-security company that claimed governmental levels of capability, yet took no steps towards protecting its data. The CIA uses encryption for internal emails Stratfor didn’t. With government agencies and Fortune 100 companies for clients, Stratfor claimed its capabilities surpassed the CIA’s. In late 2011 Stratfor’s servers were hacked by Anonymous, which subsequently released over five million of the company’s emails to Wikileaks.
It was certainly embarrassing for Stratfor, a Texas based company offering geopolitical analysis. PGP is the standard, and it’s easy to use.Ĭonsider the following question: What kind of damage would occur if your business’s internal emails were made public? Photo by Alejandro Linares Garcia Anyone who deals with sensitive information should have a basic understanding of email encryption.
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