ISIS is ramping up efforts to mount a massive cyber attack

  • 14 September 2014
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This is a threat which considering the state of affairs which exists right now could result in a serious attack on our infrastructure.
 
by Pierluigi Paganini on September 14th, 2014
 
"Many security experts sustain that the ISIS is preparing a cyber offensive on critical infrastructure located in the West, electric grid, dams, airports, hospitals, banks, government networks, are now more than ever strategic objectives.
On September 11th, Fox News reported that leaders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Al Qaeda are stepping up efforts to seek a digital caliphate, speculating that one of the jihadist leaders, Hussain Al Britani, had allegedly hacked the Gmail account of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
[img]http://imagec18.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/default/empty.gif[/img]“Jihadists in the Middle East are ramping up efforts to mount a massive cyber attack on the U.S., with leaders from both Islamic State and Al Qaeda – including a hacker who once broke into former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Gmail account – recruiting web savvy radicals, FoxNews.com has learned.”
 
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U.S. is planning to step up attacks against ISIS this coming week, focusing on ISIS leaders. I'm not surprised that they would go this route on a cyber attack. Their recruiting efforts have increased dramatically. Its time the U.S. eradicate them.

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