Bank Attacker Iran Ties Questioned By Security Pros

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http://www.informationweek.com/security/attacks/bank-attacker-iran-ties-questioned-by-se/240146001

By Mathew J. Schwartz
InformationWeek.com
January 10, 2013

If Iran is masterminding the online attacks against U.S. banks, where's 
the hard evidence?

Numerous current and former U.S. officials have accused the Iranian 
government of sponsoring the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) 
attacks, which began in September and recently restarted. For four 
months, the attacks have disrupted the websites of many of the United 
States' leading financial institutions, including Bank of America, 
Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo.

Shortly after the first wave of attacks began, U.S. officials began 
blaming Iran, and have continued to do so. "There is no doubt within the 
U.S. government that Iran is behind these attacks," James A. Lewis, 
who's a former official at the State and Commerce Departments, told the 
The New York Times.

Officials have also noted that the attacks are so sophisticated and 
unstoppable that only a nation state could have launched them. Others 
have said that the attackers have pursued disruption, rather than 
personal enrichment, which further suggests nation state involvement. 
But to date, government officials have produced no evidence that links 
Iran to the attacks.

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