U.S. warns of al Qaeda threat to stock trading and banking websites
{{date|December 1, 2006}}

The U.S. government warned private financial services that [[w:al Qaeda|al Qaeda]] is planning a [[w:cyber attack|cyber attack]] on the U.S. stock and bank accounts, officials said on Thursday.

Homeland Security spokesman [[w:Russ Knocke|Russ Knocke]] says: "There is no information to corroborate this aspirational threat. As a routine matter and out of an abundance of caution, US-CERT issued the situational awareness report to industry stakeholders."

The officials said that the attacks are aimed at destroying the databases of U.S. banking and stock market web sites. The [[w:Homeland Security|Homeland Security]] group claims that the threat was for all of December. 

A U.S. official said that the threat was posted on an website and called for the attack to avenge the imprisonment of Muslims in the Guantanamo detention camp.

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[[Category:Economy and business]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:Al-Qaeda]]
The U.S. government warned private financial services that al Qaeda is planning a cyber attack on the U.S. stock and bank accounts, officials said on Thursday.

Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke says: "There is no information to corroborate this aspirational threat. As a routine matter and out of an abundance of caution, US-CERT issued the situational awareness report to industry stakeholders."

The officials said that the attacks are aimed at destroying the databases of U.S. banking and stock market web sites. The Homeland Security group claims that the threat was for all of December. 

A U.S. official said that the threat was posted on an website and called for the attack to avenge the imprisonment of Muslims in the Guantanamo detention camp.
Economy and business Internet United States North America Al-Qaeda