Cyber Jihad - Iran steps up cyber attacks on U.S. financial institutions

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http://freebeacon.com/cyber-jihad/

By Bill Gertz
Washington Free Beacon
January 6, 2013

Iran is continuing aggressive cyber attacks against U.S. financial 
institutions and officials say the U.S. government has failed to take 
steps to halt the electronic strikes.

The sophisticated denial-of-service cyber attacks have been underway for 
several months and involve Iranian-origin hackers who flood banking and 
financial institution web sites with massive log-in attempts that 
disrupt or halt remote banking services.

“The are going after the same types of sites,” said an intelligence 
official familiar with reports of the attacks.

The official criticized the Obama administration for failing to protect 
American corporations from what the official said were state-sponsored 
cyber attacks.

Critics in government and the private sector say the U.S. government 
remains unprepared to respond to such coordinated covert cyber attacks.

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