FBI says $700,000 worth of unauthorized charges made by Anonymous

Back in December of last year when Anonymous hacked into security think tank Stratfor, one of its claims was the theft of 200GB worth of data, including e-mails and client credit information.

Now, the FBI saying that between December 6, 2011 in February 2012, “at least $700,000 worth of unauthorized charges were made to credit card accounts that were among those stolen during the hack”.

The FBI says that the $700,000 figure “does not reflect any of the charges that may have been incurred on cards for which records have not yet been reviewed”. This information was made available during this week's court case for Jeremy Hammond –– one of the alleged hackers arrested last week. Hammond is being charged with one count of computer hacking conspiracy, one count of computer hacking, and one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Each of these counts carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.