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| Derrick Cramer | October 5, 2011 | No comments |
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Members of hacktivist site, Anonymous, are disputing the legitimacy of a threat to erase the NYSE
Over the weekend, a video message was posted on TheAnonMessage YouTube channel threatening to erase the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) from the internet on October 10 as part of the ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” protest action in New York City.
However, certain factions of the Anonymous hacktivist group are disputing the message, saying it is a fake.
“[The October 10 message] is a fake planted operation by law enforcement and cyber crime agencies,” according to a separate Anonymous message published on Tuesday (4 October).
The Tuesday message claims the ‘fake’ seeks to undermine the “Occupy Wall Street” protests which have seen protestors and police clash in New York since September 17.
In the supposed fake message, Anonymous called on supporters to make use of the Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) botnet tool to launch a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack against the NYSE’s website.
Read the full story over at: PCMag.
