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Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack
From: "Zub By" <zubray () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 20:32:47 +0000
Since when did web servers share resources with the rest of the bank networks? So a bank turns off its online banking system for a few hours for "maintenance", this isn't the end of the world! On 12/4/06, TheGesus <thegesus () gmail com> wrote:
On 12/3/06, Dave No, not that one Korn <davek_throwaway () hotmail com> wrote: > TheGesus wrote: > > > More and more people are hearing the recommendation to "withdraw a > > little extra cash out of the banks" to prepare for cyber attacks. If > > as many as 1.32% of bank depositors take their advice and withdraw all > > their money, the banks will close their doors. > > > > Al Qaeda threatens to disrupt the electronic bank payments system. > > And YOU'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN! DUH! > > > This system contributes about 90% of the US money supply. Without it, > > 10% of the money supply (the cash & coin) must take over the work of > > the other 90%. > > > > Conclusion: Withdraw and stockpile some cash now. Shoot for at least > > three months' cash requirements. Don't wait. Start now. > > AQ don't intend to "attack the banking system". They plan to get > paranoids, suckers, and conspiracy-theorists like you to do their dirty work > for them. They just need to spread a rumour and then sit back and watch as > all you "loyal patriots" trash your own country out of fear and cowardice. > > ObTopic: Sounds like a social engineering attack to me; attempting to > manipulate the users of a service into acting as an implicit ddos against > it. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > I was only quoting (with a little creative editing) the late(?), great(?) Paul Milne of Y2K disaster fame. There's a goldmine in there... http://groups.google.com/groups/search?lr=&safe=off&num=10&q=bank+panic+author%3Apaul+milne&safe=off&qt_s=Search "If you live within 5 miles of a 7-11, you're toast" _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack, (continued)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack SDALAN04 (Dec 01)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack SDALAN04 (Dec 01)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack TheGesus (Dec 01)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack Matthew Flaschen (Dec 02)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack Dude VanWinkle (Dec 03)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack mikeiscool (Dec 03)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack Dude VanWinkle (Dec 03)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack TheGesus (Dec 01)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack mikeiscool (Dec 03)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack Dave "No, not that one" Korn (Dec 03)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack TheGesus (Dec 04)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack Zub By (Dec 04)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack Dave "No, not that one" Korn (Dec 12)
- Re: Financial firms warned of Qaeda cyber attack chedder1 (Dec 01)