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FBI Warns of Possible Cyber Retaliation in Response to Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria

  • 1 October 2014
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Given recent events in the Middle East I personally think the chances of a cyber attack are very high, they are not stupid and are more than able to carry out any threats.
 
 
No specific threats have been formulated by attackers
By Ionut Ilascu on September 30th, 2014 21:43 GMT http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/fitted/340x180/FBI-Warns-Of-Possible-Cyber-Retaliation-in-Response-to-Airstrikes-in-Iraq-and-Syria.jpg   "As a result of the military actions taken against Iraq and Syria, the FBI notifies of a potential cyber response from the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams) group and its supporters.
The group is also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Islamic State (IS).

At the moment, there is no information about hacktivist groups supporting the ISIS ideology preparing for such activity, so the document from the FBI Cyber Division is a cautionary one.

The file is aimed at the private industry and law enforcement and has at its origin intelligence gathered from social media platforms, Twitter included, since the beginning of the year.

The document takes into consideration threats since the beginning of the year

Although the threats are “nonspecific, and probably aspirational,” their iteration has been observed during early September." Full Article

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