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Saturday, December 02, 2006


US warns of possible cyber attack

WASHINGTON: The US government warned American private financial services on Thursday of an Al Qaeda call for a cyber attack against online stock trading and banking Websites beginning on Friday, a source said. The source, a person familiar with the warning, said the Islamic militant group aimed to penetrate and destroy the databases of US financial sites. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed an alert had been distributed but said there was no reason to believe the threat was credible. The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued a “situational awareness report to industry stakeholders,” said Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke. The warning said the threat called for attacks to begin Friday and run through December in retaliation for the United States keeping terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. reuters
Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk

 

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