Boeing stays mum on reports of website attack

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2017959963_boeinghackers13.html

By Seattle Times business staff
April 11, 2012

Boeing declined to comment Wednesday on reports that the hacker group Anonymous 
had brought down the company's website for two hours or more.

"I believe the website is up and running now," said spokesman Todd Kelley. He 
wouldn't say whether it had been functioning earlier, saying the company 
doesn't discuss IT security matters.

According to several reports, Anonymous claims it disabled the Boeing website 
for a couple hours Tuesday afternoon as part of a protest against the proposed 
Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).

[...]


_______________________________________________
LayerOne Security Conference
May 26-27, Clarion Hotel, Anaheim, CA
http://www.layerone.org