Infosecurity - Islamist hackers warn of new US banking attacks

Infosecurity - Islamist hackers warn of new US banking attacks #gAtO ✅ #infosec #tor #security #btc #hacking #bitcoin

The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters launched a series of attacks in the fall, notably compromising the websites of JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America in protest of the continued availability of the anti-Muslim YouTube video, 'the Innocence of Muslims .' Now, it warns that those two institutions, plus US Bancorp, PNC Financial Services Group and SunTrust, are all in the cyber-crosshairs for the next wave. And indeed, low-level attacks are already being observed, according to Arbor Networks . "In new phase, the wideness and the number of attacks will increase explicitly; and offenders and subsequently their governmental supporters will not be able to imagine and forecast the widespread and greatness of these attacks," the hacking collective said in a statement posted on Pastebin . Researchers at Arbor Networks note that the DDoS atatcks are typically carried out via bot...

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