Defense

Iran strikes back

Reuters is reporting, "Iranian hackers have repeatedly attacked Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc over the past year, as part of a...

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September 24, 2012 10:41 am

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Reuters is reporting, “Iranian hackers have repeatedly attacked Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc over the past year, as part of a broad cyber campaign targeting the United States.” The attacks, started in late 2011 and escalated this year. The attacks disrupted the banks’ websites and corporate networks by launching denial of service attacks. Iran’s nuclear program has been attacked repeated by viruses that U.S. is believed to have authored.