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SC Magazine reports, in what may be its most devastating attack since HBGary, the Anonymous hacktivist collective rooted the database of security intelligence firm Stratfor to plunder a claimed 200 gigabytes of data. One of Anonymous’ most visible members, Sabu, said on Twitter that the group pilfered some 90,000 credit card numbers, which were purportedly used to make about a million dollars in donations to charities. Some security experts, however, expressed doubt that the recipients would be able to keep the money because of the fraud involved. Most embarrassing, it appears Stratfor failed to encrypt any of its credit card information, despite promises “to maintain safeguards to protect the security of these servers and your personally identifiable information,” according to its privacy policy.