Banks fail to repel cyber threat

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Los Angeles Times by E. Scott Reckard, Andrew Tangel, Jim Puzzanghera | Sep. 27, 2012 (News)

A shadowy but well organized hacker group in the Middle East has disrupted the electronic banking operations of America's largest financial institutions in recent days, underscoring U.S. vulnerability to online terrorism. Full Story »

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by Jack Powers - Sep. 26, 2012

on Tuesday the group posted a manifesto on the Internet saying attacks would continue until a video insulting the Islamic prophet Muhammad was removed from the Internet. That video, “Innocence of Muslims,” has caused violent clashes in the Middle East, and led to the attack of the U.S. embassy in Libya.

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