U.S. warns of possible Qaeda financial cyber attack - tomorrow

[johnnie]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has warned U.S. private financial services of an al Qaeda call for a cyber attack against U.S. online stock trading and banking Web sites beginning Friday, officials said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061130/ts_nm/security_usa_qaeda_dc_1


They better not mess with MY $75 x(

[PCIntern]

1. This is weird b/c

my bank's computers went down this PM at about 3 PM...

Never happened before during the day - it occasionally happens at night during the reconciliations but I've never been turned away from making a deposit.

[notadmblnd]

5. My sister is working late tonight too

she works in accounts receivable for a major car company. Their servers crashed today and her department lost all their work.

[leveymg]

2. Someone think the Dow's going to fall?

Couldn't possibly be because Wall St. finally woke up to the fact that we're having our ass kicked out of the Middle East because of Dimson and his Merry NeoCon Elves.

Expect gas prices to go up and the Dollar to drop a lot. Soon.

[Old and In the Way]

18. I think your right.

Those Al Qaeda terrorists are going to start dumping US stocks.

Gee, you'd think if they had advanced warning, they'd also know how to prevent these attacks. Why is it we always seem to know about these planned attacks in advance, but never have enough information to, you know, stop them?

[LARED]

3. I was going to pay my bills tonight

I think I'll wait

[SpiralHawk]

9. What a perfectly sensible idea

I'm with you on the delay strategy.

Instead, tonight I will CONTEMPLATE the Great Mystery of how an AWOL frat boy came to be "cOMMander in Chief," and thereby be enabled to lie to America s our sons and daughters in uniform would have fight an Oil Profits War for corrupt republicon cronies....

Mystery.....

[Henny Penny]

4. I guess the dollar collapses tomorrow??? n/t

[mb7588a]

6. the hell?

That article is one sentence only.

[bananas]

7. here's a better article

but i don't have time to cut and paste right now
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=OBR&Date=20061130&ID=6239625

[MrCoffee]

8. More aspirational threats brought to you by DHS

However, both the FBI and Homeland Security officials tell NBC News there is no threat information to support any action. Homeland Security is not issuing the usual intelligence bulletin, because there is no intelligence at this point.

This is just one posting on a Web site, not thought to be in any way imminent or actual — just a desire expressed.

Nonetheless, out of an abundance of caution, portions of the Web site were translated into English and passed along to banks.

Official concern about this is low, NBC's Wiliams reports.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15975889/

[niyad]

10. yawnnnnnnnnnnn--what's the colour alert today?

[MrCoffee]

17. ecru. may be upgrade to taupe as conditions warrant.

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. So we'd better think twice before replying to the head of the bank of Al Queda

and his seemingly brilliant plan to help his jailed brother in government? If they take to mimic'ing the Nigerian scam, we're fuqqed.

[SoCalDem]

12. Wouldn;t it be delicious if all the Visa/MC/Discover files got deleted?

Hey..what am I saying..I paid ours all off....well it would help someoone ..lots of people in fact :)

[MrCoffee]

14. primary charges will blow base charges and a few square blocks will be reduced to smoldering rubble.

i know this, because Tyler knows this

[SoCalDem]

15. and all their base will belong to us

[BuyingThyme]

13. Wow, that's pretty specific.

[Horse with no Name]

16. Hmmmm

And tomorrow is the 1st--the day many people get paid. Most of it is direct deposit.
It is on a Friday.
Just think if they can fuck up and tie up all that money over the weekend how much interest it will generate.
What a load of crap.

[slackmaster]

20. I don't get paid but have some major bills due

Mortgage payment + Homeowner's insurance + Property tax = about $3,250, or about twice my normal paycheck.

:argh:

The good news is I can slide all of them until the 8th without penalty. That is a payday.

[itsmesgd]

19. Stupid observance here:

The news says that they will launch "denial of service" attacks on financial sites, so then we all go check our bank's website, thus causing too much traffic. Done and done. Self-fulfilling threat.

(PS that's why I keep my loot buried in the yard)

[BadgerKid]

23. denial of service is SOP

You pay money, we deny you service. :-(

Sigh. I'm too young to be so cynical.

[Rex]

21. Suuurre it is Al Qaeda.

They use the 'smurf' DOS attack. :eyes: Sure. Right.

Phullleezzze. :eyes:

[IDemo]

22. Keith O. just mentioned this, and it will be part of his commentary tonight

Along with Newt Grinch's call for another look at freedom of speech, particularly on the internets.