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[ NNSquad ] Cyberattacks continue to affect U.S. banks
Cyberattacks continue to affect U.S. banks http://j.mp/TX1GKi (New York Times) "Six major American banks were hit in a wave of computer attacks last week, by a group claiming Middle Eastern ties, that caused Internet blackouts and delays in online banking. Frustrated customers of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and PNC, who could not get access to their accounts or pay bills online, were upset because the banks had not explained clearly what was going on." - - - I am extremely skeptical of the blame game being asserted, especially the Iran bashing. Anybody can claim to be anyone in this context, and I see no conceivable upside to Iran deploying an effort to merely slow down access to online banking in the U.S. I've seen the effects myself -- extra page reloads required and such, but frankly the explanations the banks are giving stink to high heaven, and the politicos seem to be pulling so-called explanations out of thin air. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad