The brief downtime of websites for a couple of major American banks hardly seems like the height of ambition, but US officials are still pretty sure they can blame the whole thing on the Iranian government.
The problem is there’s already been a claim of responsibility. A hacker group based in the Middle East claimed they carried out DDoS attacks on the banks’ websites as a form of protest against the YouTube trailer for Innocence of Muslims.
The officials are dismissing this explicit claim of guilt, however, saying they figure it is probably a “cover” and betting instead that Iran is doing this as some sort of retaliation for US banking sanctions against them.
But why would Iran bother? The attacks on the two sites didn’t even bring them completely down, leading only to some “slowness” on the websites and difficulty accessing them for a few hours. This hardly seems like the sort of thing a major nation would bother with.
it's been admitted that usa and israel launched two virus's against iran, plus we've assassinated several of their scientist's. on top of that we've sent in drones to attack and spy on them.and of course let's not forget the sanctions imposed on them,CLEARLY WE'VE BEEN AT WAR with them. totally illegal,and what .we're blaming them for what?? this is so absurd.
America has enough people angry with their private banking system and don´t need help from Iran.
If anything, the accusation puts many Americans in sympathy with Iran hackers.
"…This hardly seems like the sort of thing a major nation would bother with…"
It isn't…but it sure sounds good for the warmongers who want more war!!
One other thing…in the article being used as a source, there are: "National security officials", "One security source". " a former U.S. official", "Senior U.S. officials", "Joint Chiefs of Staff's Intelligence Directorate", "officials", "conservative website", "U.S officials", "Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center"…not a single person is named – except for one: Frank Cilluffo, former head of cyber-security for the White House who served as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security under President George W. Bush and is currently an associate vice president at George Washington University and heads the Homeland Security Policy Institute.
How can 3 members of the NBC media conglomerate write a lengthy article without naming any except one of their sources and expect the article to have any integrity? And the one named is a former Bush associate so everything he says has already been tainted.
So the Junior G-Men in the financial world decide to strike a blow for "free-dumb." The imbeciles that comprise the large majority of the US population will buy it, however – hook, line and sinker.
Why would Iran, which wishes to avoid war, do something that would give Israel and the US the excuse to launch the war they have coveted for years.
Netanyahu's United Nations speech, intended to get western nations to throw more of their children into wars on Israel's enemies, has failed. Indeed he has become a laughing stock with his cartoon bomb.
But Netanyahu is not a man who accepts defeat. According to Kaspersky labs, Israel is at least partially responsible for the cyber-weapons STUXNET, DUQU, FLAME and GAUSS, the last one of which specifically targeted banks in Lebanon.
We could easily see a virtual version of a false-flag attack. Such a false-flag cyber attack, blamed on Iran, justifies the war. It also gets Wall Street and Washington DC off of the hook for the inevitable crash from decades of fraud and corruption. Instead of a melt-down caused by gross mismanagement of the economy, the crash is suddenly an act of war by a foreign party. Such a cyber attack would also allow the US Government to take direct control of the internet and silence those who might remind the public about previous whoppers told to start wars, like Saddam's nuclear weapons.
Que Bono? Who benefits?