Global comprehension review definite Stratfor has relaunched its website after a penetrate assault forced it offline on XMas Day.
The assault brought down Stratfor's servers and unprotected thousands of patron credit card figures and other personal information.
Stratfor have described the assault as "censorship", but apologised for not encrypting credit card details.
Members of the loose-knit hacker organisation Anonymous claimed responsibility.
In a extensive matter posted to the US company's website, owner and arch senior manager of Stratfor George Friedman mentioned of the insufficient of encryption: "I take shortcoming for this failure, that has combined misfortune for customers and friends, and we deeply bewail that it took place."
In the issue of the attack, Mr Friedman posted a few videos and messages on Stratfor's Facebook site to apologize to its customers.
Some self-described members of Anonymous had claimed to have used the stolen credit card sum to give allowance to charities, but others voiced regard that fake donations would have to be returned and can lead to the charities losing money.
The company has offering to supply credit card rascal insurance for customers whose sum might have been compromised.
Mr Friedman mentioned the attacks were "a new censorship that doesn't advance blatantly from governments".
He moreover deserted characterisations of the company as the "hub of a universal conspiracy", adding: "We are what we mentioned we were: An organisation that generates its revenues by geopolitical analysis."
Mr Friedman mentioned the company was returning to "the work we love... analysing and forecasting how the world works".
He mentioned an FBI scrutiny in to the assault was continuing.
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