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State-Sponsored Hackers Disrupt Networks and Justify DHS New Digital Militia

Friday, November 2, 2012 12:03
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State-Sponsored Hackers Disrupt Networks and Justify DHS New Digital Militia

Posted by Charleston Voice

Susanne Posel
Occupy Corporatism
November 2, 2012

Last month Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims that unspecified reports coming from US financial institutions assert that hackers are “actively” attacking them. Napolitano said: 

“Right now, financial institutions are actively under attack. We know that. I’m not giving you any classified information… I will say this has involved some of our nation’s largest institutions. We’ve also had our stock exchanges attacked over the last [few] years, so we know… there are vulnerabilities.”

Being mysterious, Napolitano said that an unverified $400,000 had been stolen by hackers from Bank of America. The DHS is responsible for securing computer networks that are deemed unclassified for the benefit of civilian agencies, private sector corporations and individuals. More>>

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