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and analysis focusing on international affairs using traditional media, open source monitor-
ing, and human intelligence (HUMINT) gathering to collect the information they use in their
analysis (Stratfor, n.d.). e company had to launch a massive campaign regarding the incident,
including an open message to Stratfor’s current and future clients regarding the incident. Stratfor’s
president, George Friedman also explains in the announcement that some of the messages which
were released could be fraudulent or have been altered. One such example are email communica-
tions indicating he had resigned (Hacking News, n.d.).
While most employees feel there is some measure of “privacy” in email communications
between the sender and recipien ...