Global intelligence alliance gia officially renamed m. Some 5m internal emails from stratfor, an austin, texasbased company that brands itself as a global intelligence provider, were recently obtained by anonymous, the hacker collective, and are. Global intelligencegate from confessions of an economic. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an. Read stratfor worldview, our premier digital publication, for objective geopolitical intelligence and analyses that reveal the underlying significance and future implications of emerging world events. Prosecutors say that during last christmas, brown affected interstate commerce by knowingly trafficking without authorization the credit card information of 12 subscribers to the stratfor global intelligence companys newsletter, information authorities say he knew were stolen and produced without lawful authority. Stratfor the worlds leading geopolitical intelligence.
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Stratfor careers and employment about us as the worlds leading geopolitical intelligence platform, stratfor brings global events into valuable perspective, empowering businesses, governments and individuals to more confidently navigate their way through an increasingly complex international environment. Numerous intelligence officials have criticized stratfor for the poor quality of its intelligencegathering since the leaks. In one email exchange, bhalla explains that the venezuelan military had been most cooperative with us lately. As the worlds leading geopolitical intelligence platform, stratfor brings global events into valuable perspective, empowering businesses, governments and individuals to. Stratfors training, which is customized specific to each clients interests, breaks down preconceived notions and builds a new core framework from which to view and quickly assess global and local events that will significantly impact the interests and operations of your organization. Stratfors highly engaged individuals in global affairs, from around the world. The firm provides strategic intelligence on global business and economic, security and geopolitical affairs. That allows us to interpret the significance of todays global events, cut through the noise, inform decision making and develop a more accurate view of the future. The global intelligence is based on readily available news reports, blogs and stratfors hyperbole. On june 2, 2009, anya alfano of stratfor, which describes itself as a private global intelligence company, sent an email to a colleague requesting some global intelligence on a certain trans. Get the latest news and intelligence on global issues impacting business, politics, economics, military, security and energy.
Hackers who said they attacked stratfor global intelligence service, a security research group based in austin, tex. On saturday, hackers who say they are members of the collective known as anonymous claimed responsibility for crashing the web site of the group, stratfor global intelligence service, and. Stratfor worldview is the worlds leading geopolitical intelligence platform. Aug 16, 2014 reva bhalla, vp global analysis stratfor.
Tor is an encrypted anonymising network that makes it harder to intercept internet communications, or see where communications are coming from or going to. In making its geopolitical forecasts, stratfor employs tactical deconstruction and constraintsbased analysis. Other executives include vice president of global analysis, reva goujon, senior. Feb 03, 2011 therefore, stratfor cannot guarantee their complete accuracy. As the worlds leading geopolitical intelligence platform, stratfor brings global events into valuable perspective, empowering businesses, governments and individuals to more confidently navigate their way through an increasingly complex international environment. Helsinki, finland, april 14 2015 global intelligence alliance gia today officially announced a change in its operating name to mbrain. Stratfor hackers claim another attack news the dispatch.
He is the founder and chairman of geopolitical futures, an online publication that analyzes and forecasts the course of global events. Ukraine coup plotted by us over russian stance on syria. Mar 01, 2012 the global intelligence is based on readily available news reports, blogs and stratfors hyperbole. On monday february 27th, 2012, wikileaks began publishing the global intelligence files, over five million emails from the texas headquartered global intelligence company stratfor.
Stratfors proprietary geopolitical risk monitor enables clients to track critical forecast scenarios and potential outcomes that could impact a companys strategy or business operations. Stratfor has 11 chilling predictions for what the world will. Considering the chaos reigning in the streets of libya, we present this 2011 assessment by, labelled by wikileaks as a global intelligence company headquartered in texas. Chip harmon was appointed president in february 2018.
New additions included in the launch of threat lens 2. The global intelligence files previous stratfor information. Friedman gyorgy, born february 1, 1949 is a hungarianborn u. Dec 29, 2011 hackers who said they attacked stratfor global intelligence service, a security research group based in austin, tex. Hackers breach the web site of stratfor global intelligence. Stratfor advisory services provide global enterprises predictive, customized intelligence assessments that uncover key opportunities and pinpoint hidden risks associated with their strategic planning and critical investment decisions. Smith, former director of blackwater, is currently the chief executive of the security firm scg international. Get the latest news and intelligence on global issues impacting business, politics, economics, military, security and. Ilia yefimovich the private intelligence firm strategic forecasting, or stratfor, recently published its decade forecast in which it projects the next 10 years of global political and economic. Goujon leads stratfor s team of analysts and plays an integral role in applying a forwardlooking, strategic lens to stratfor s coverage of global events. In aftermath of the wikileaks disclosure stratfor sources are indicating that the us intelligence community are looking at ways to further compartment information to prohibit this kind of disclosure in the future.
District judge loretta preska denied bail to jeremy hammond, a 27yearold chicago activist accused of hacking into the private intelligence firm stratfor and releasing information to wikileaks full transcript. Stratfor is a geopolitical intelligence firm that provides strategic analysis and forecasting to individuals and organizations around the world. Country advice china united states department of justice. This report illustrates our method using scenarios based on a hypothetical israeli strike on iran and a fullscale russian invasion of ukraine proper. Moscow, december 19 sputnik the united states is behind the february coup in kiev, which came in response to russias stance on syria, said george friedman, the founder and ceo of stratfor, a global intelligence company. Stratfor brings global events into valuable perspective, empowering businesses, governments and individuals to more confidently navigate their way through an. Stratfor europe analyst kristen cooper discusses the importance of cyprus. Stratfor provides training to corporations, organizations and higher education institutions that offer insight into our unique methodology for developing analysis and forecasting stratfors training breaks down preconceived notions and builds a new core framework from which to view and quickly assess global and local events that will significantly impact the interests and. Dec 26, 2011 on saturday, hackers who say they are members of the collective known as anonymous claimed responsibility for crashing the web site of the group, stratfor global intelligence service, and. Mbrain acquired gia in september 2014, with the aim to provide the most powerful suite of market monitoring, market intelligence and market advisory services through its 12 offices around the world.
Stratfor didnt expect occupy in china china director jennifer richmond explains why the occupy wall street movement failed to gain traction in mainland china. Among companies using stratfor were dow chemical, lockheed martin, northrop grumman, raytheon and cocacola. Other executives include vice president of global analysis, reva goujon, senior vice president of strategic analysis, rodger baker former u. Hackers threaten mexican drug cartel the columbus dispatch. The united states air force, goldman sachs, and financial broker mf global were all included on the list. Some of the stratfor emails could have been lifted right out of a sensationalistic scene from confessions of an economic hit man. Your feedback is important in ensuring that we improve your experience as well as your access to stratfor intelligence, analysis and reports. Stratfor develops comprehensive, independent and unbiased analyses by examining global events through the lens of geopolitics and our proprietary methodology. Stratfor is an american geopolitical intelligence platform and publisher founded in 1996 in austin, texas, by george friedman, who was the companys chairman. Therefore, stratfor cannot guarantee their complete accuracy.
The corporate research firm has branded itself as a cialike global intelligence firm, but only julian assange and some overpaying clients are fooled. Founded on the principle that transformative world events are not random, but. Feb 29, 2012 on its website stratfor boasts that unlike traditional news outlets, stratfor uses a unique, intelligence based approach to gathering information via rigorous opensource monitoring and a global. Leaders around the world rely on stratfor to navigate the increasingly complex global environment. Stratfor, wikileaks and the obama administrations war. Stratfor is an american geopolitical intelligence platform and publisher founded in 1996 in.
To empower members to confidently understand and navigate a continuously changing and complex global environment. Stratfor is a joke and so is wikileaks for taking it. Rane acquires geopolitical intelligence platform stratfor. Stratfor launches worldview enterprise globenewswire. Reva goujon is a leading global strategic analyst who keeps her finger on the pulse of emerging trends across the world. Our history, methodology and what make us who we are, here at stratfor. In an email sent to stratfor on february 11, 2011, smith praised the companys intelligence gathering and said his background is cia and our company is comprised of former dod i. Stratfor global intelligence china security memo from january 7 2010 states. Mar 01, 2012 stratfor also is hired by multinational corporations to glean intelligence about critics.
Last december, stratfor confirmed that email addresses had been stolen from the firms database. Confessions of a stratfor subscriber abc news australian. Polishrussian relations and implications for the baltic region. Anonymoustied hacktivist faces prison for sharing link. Vice president of intelligence fred burton examines the tactics and implications of the feb.
Stratfor brings valuable context to global events, revealing both the underlying significance and. On november 22nd, 2012 a communique from hackers highlighted judge preskas failure to disclose that her husband. Stratfor brings global events into valuable perspective, empowering businesses, governments and individuals to more confidently navigate. Wikileaks and anonymous release global intelligence files.
Fred burton is stratfors chief security officer other executives include vice president of global analysis, reva goujon, senior vice president of strategic. Special forces, a veteransowned web site that sells militaryinspired merchandise and gives away a portion of profits to charity. Stratfor is an austin, texasbased geopolitical risk analysis company that has been called a shadow cia. And this is a bit of wishful thinking on netanyahus part.
Posts about stratfor written by global intelligence news. Dec 28, 2011 stratfor global intelligence is an austin, tex. Wikileaks and implications for intelligence sharing. Feb 28, 2012 some 5m internal emails from stratfor, an austin, texasbased company that brands itself as a global intelligence provider, were recently obtained by anonymous, the hacker collective, and are. Anonymous posted a link to what is believed to be a complete list of stratfors clients. Wl research community user contributed research based on documents published by wikileaks. Stratfor global intelligence report says israel is monitoring irans activities in the region by operating bases in eritera. Transcripts are generated using speechrecognition technology. But a series of events in georgia during this timeframe lend credence. Stratfors proprietary methodology is our framework to predict the shifts in geopolitical power that shape our world. Our premium stratfor threat lens product helps corporate security leaders anticipate, identify, measure, and. Cyprus strategic importance dispatch stratfor worldview. Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said today that if democracy prevails in egypt it will not pose a threat to peace with israel.
Product types include short dispatches for publication from conventional news feeds, proprietary intelligence flows, as well as assessment information from our global network of risk experts in multiple functional, geographic, and regulatory issues. But having seen what they sell by way of analysis of domestic terrorism over the past decade, i agree with the atlantic pieces main argument. Stratfor also is hired by multinational corporations to glean intelligence about critics. Only five days into 2011, events in sweden, poland. This communique came as the result of a vp of global analysis, reva bhalla meeting with pentagon officials who offered the white houses stance on. But the island is a critical intelligence gathering post for israel and a.
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