Anonymous targeting Federal Reserve in next attack

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20070863-245/anonymous-targeting-federal-reserve-in-next-attack/

By Elinor Mills
InSecurity Complex
CNet News
June 13, 2011

The Anonymous hacker group says it plans to target the Federal Reserve 
starting tomorrow, most likely with a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) 
attack designed to shut down the agency's Web site.

In a YouTube video, the group is calling for public protests until Federal 
Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke steps down. The campaign, dubbed 
Operation Empire State Rebellion, is timed to coincide with Flag Day in 
the U.S., which is June 14 and commemorates the adoption of the national 
flag in 1777.

The group, which has made a name for itself organizing random anonymous 
Internet users and getting them to turn their computers against targets in 
DoS attacks, is critical of the Federal Reserve's involvement in the 
global financial crisis and what it says is the politicization of the 
global banking industry.

A spokesperson from the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., did not 
immediately provide comment today.

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