Another market risk

Posted on December 1, 2006
Tags: Internet, Politics, Stocks |

I can’t imagine what would happen if they succeed in bringing down a major network or system. The panic will be massive.

US braces for possible al-Qaeda cyber attack - web - Technology - theage.com.au

The US government has warned US private financial services of an al-Qaeda call for a cyber attack against US online stock trading and banking websites beginning on Friday, officials said today.

The officials - a person familiar with the warning and a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security - said the Islamic militant group aimed to penetrate and destroy the databases of the US stock market and banking websites.

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