The computer hack of Austin-based Stratfor in 2011 resulted in credit card numbers and damaging emails being leaked online. A new investigative report from the Daily Dotexamining still-sealed court records found that the FBI knew about the hack, because one of its informants helped to orchestrate it.
In addition to directly facilitating the breach, the FBI left Stratfor and its customers—which included defense contractors, police chiefs, and National Security Agency employees—vulnerable to future attacks and fraud, and it requested knowledge of the data theft to be withheld from affected customers. This decision would ultimately allow for millions of dollars in damages.
Daily Dot reporter Dell Cameron was a lead reporter on the story. Listen our interview with him here.
