‘Anonymous’ Hacker Group Identifies Fed as Target on YouTube
June 14 (Bloomberg) -- A group of online hackers called Anonymous identified the Federal Reserve as a target, using a video on Google Inc.’s YouTube to call on Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to resign. Separately, a group of U.S. and European hackers said yesterday it had accessed a U.S. Senate computer server and backed up the boast by posting computer files obtained in the attack on the Internet. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker reports on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
June 14 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Chertoff, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, talks about recent high-profile cyber attacks, including the breach of U.S. Senate computers. He also discusses the importance of awareness and prevention for government agencies and private companies. Chertoff speaks on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg)
A group of online hackers identified the Federal Reserve as a target, using a video on Google Inc. (GOOG)’s YouTube to call on Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to resign.
In the video, the group, which calls itself Anonymous, said today would mark the “first step” of protests against Bernanke and urged those wanting him to quit to occupy a public space.
“The Federal Reserve’s policies are systematically looting the country to enrich one 10th of 1 percent of the population,” a distorted voice said on the video.
The group attacked several Turkish government websites last week to protest an Internet filter it says will restrict web surfing, the Hurriyet newspaper reported. Spanish police also arrested three suspected members after the websites of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA), Spain’s second-biggest bank, and Enel SpA (ENEL), the Italian owner of Spanish power company Endesa SA, were hacked.
Anonymous also took credit for taking down the websites of Mastercard Inc. and Visa Inc. in December in revenge for the payment processors’ decision to suspend use of their networks by WikiLeaks, an organization that publishes secret documents on its website.
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