HIGH ALERT! Millions of Bankers can’t bank online. BofA blames Hackers from MIddle East. Bank cyber attacks by Iran? Black Monday October 1, 2012?

September 28th, 2012

http://investmentwatchblog.com/high-alert-millions-of-bankers-cant-bank-online-bofa-blames-hackers-from-middle-east/

The financial and banking industries are on high alert tonight as a massive cyberattack continues, with potentially millions of customers of Bank of America, PNC and Wells Fargo finding themselves blocked from banking online.

“There is an elevated level of threat,” said Doug Johnson, a vice president and senior adviser of the American Bankers Association. “The threat level is now high.”

“This is twice as large as any flood we have ever seen,” said Dick Clarke, an ABC News consultant and former cybersecurity czar.

Sources told ABC News that the so-called denial of service attacks had been caused by hackers from the Middle East

who had secretly transmitted signals commandeering thousands of computers worldwide.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/hackers-block-us-banks-online-service-bank-america/story?id=17343055#.UGWYNkXyaCM

A group of purported hackers in the Middle East has claimed credit for problems at the websites of both banks, citing the online video mocking the founder of Islam. One security source called that statement “a cover” for the Iranian government’s operations.

The attack is described by one source, a former U.S. official familiar with the attacks, as being “significant and ongoing” and looking to cause “functional and significant damage.” Also, one source suggested the attacks were in response to U.S. sanctions on Iranian banks.

Senior U.S. officials acknowledge that Iranian attacks have been the subject of intense interest by U.S. intelligence for several weeks. Last week, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Intelligence Directorate, known as J-2, confirmed continuing Iranian cyber attacks against U.S. financial institutions in a report described as “highly classified.”

http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/20/13990206-officials-see-iran-not-outrage-over-film-behind-cyber-attacks-on-us-banks

Cyber attacks on JPMorgan, Wells Fargo expose serious vulnerabilities of U.S. banks

Cyber attacks on the biggest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) & Co., have breached some of the nation’s most advanced computer defenses and exposed the vulnerability of its infrastructure, said cybersecurity specialists tracking the assaults.

The attack, which a U.S. official yesterday said was waged by a still-unidentified group outside the country, flooded bank websites with traffic, rendering them unavailable to consumers and disrupting transactions for hours at a time.

Such a sustained network attack ranks among the worst-case scenarios envisioned by the National Security Agency, according to the U.S. official, who asked not to be identified because he isn’t authorized to speak publicly. The extent of the damage may not be known for weeks or months, said the official, who has access to classified information.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-28/cyber-attacks-on-u-s-banks-expose-computer-vulnerability.html

Bank cyber attacks by Iran? Black Monday October 1, 2012?

OK. Just to be safe, go max out your ATM daily cash
withdrawals each day now and throughout the weekend,
and top off your gas tanks…

CHECK YO MONEY! Websites At The BIGGEST Banks In The U-S Attacked!
http://www.blackmediascoop.com/2012/09/28/check-yo-money-websites-at-the-largest-banks-in-the-u-s-attacked-this-week/

Most Extensive Cyber Attack On American Banks Ever! Launched From The Middle East & Happening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg3tpUCt8wY