Published on South China Morning Post, May 6, 2016.
Greece’s central bank says its website suffered a denial-of service attack as Anonymous announces the start of a 30-day campaign targeting major financial institutions.
Anonymous has launched a 30-day attack against « all central banks » and major financial institutions, the activist-hacking group warned this week, after recent strikes on several major banks around the world by different hackers.
Anonymous claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the National Bank of Greece on Tuesday, just a week after Qatar National Bank suffered a major data breach attributed by the media to a Turkish group called Bozkurt Hackers …;
In March, the Bangladesh Central Bank reported US$100 million stolen from its account at the Federal Bank of New York after a weekend break, according to media reports. The Bangladesh Central Bank said hackers had transferred the money to bank accounts in the Philippines and Sri Lanka … //
… In November, the U.K. government said it planned to almost double its investment in cybersecurity to £1.9 billion (US$2.8 billion) over five years.
Meanwhile, the hackers who struck the Qatar National Bank have attacked a second bank and plan to leak more data, according to Gulf News, which cited a cybersecurity expert.
« The attackers announced that they are going to make the data public for the second attack, in the next few days. This data could be used for ransom, » Mohammad Amin Hasbini, a senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, said, according to Gulf News.
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some BANKS related Links:
- India Gets Something Absolutely Right – the New Bankruptcy Code, on Forbes, by Tim Worstall, May 8, 2016; Bankruptcy Code for some countries;
- Third bankruptcy of BHS buyer revealed, on BBCnews, May 8, 2016: Dominic Chappell, whose consortium bought the failed retailer BHS last year, has been declared bankrupt three times, it has been claimed;
- Pat Buchanan: How to Bring Manufacturing Back Home, 5.50 min, uploaded by VisionLiberty, May 7, 2016;
- Anonymous Threatens Bank DDoS Disruptions, on Bank Info Security, by Mathew J. Schwartz, May 6, 2016; Denial of Service DoS; /DDoS = DoS Level 2;
- Anonymous Launches Month-Long Hacking Campaign Against Banks, on Fortune, by Don Reisinger, May 4, 2016;
- Hacking group Anonymous announces war against Bank of England and New York Stock Exchange, on Mirror.co.uk, by Anthony Bond, May 4, 2016;
- Anonymous – latest news & opinion on the hacktivist network, on Mirror.co.uk, May 4, 2016; Anonymous (group); /Related groups; /See also; /External Links;
- Uniform definition for non-performing assets on the cards, on The Economic Times/Banking, April 17, 2016;
- Non-performing asset NPA is defined as a credit facility in respect of which the interest and/or installment of principal has remained ‘past due’ for a specified period of time. In simple terms, an asset is tagged as non performing when it ceases to generate income for the lender …;
- Bank for International Settlements, FED’s Central Bank – a deeper Look, 20.27 min, uploaded by VisionLiberty, July 28, 2013 … talks with Adam LeBor …;
- (in 2011 were still) 3 Countries left without a Rothschild Central Bank, 5.27 min, uploaded by syyenergy7, March 7, 2013 … in 2011 it was Cuba, North Korea, Iran – but in 2000 we had also Afghanistan, Iraq, Sudan, Lybia … (my comment: 4 coutries having suffered destructive wars since … a coincidence? Now in 2016 it seems that Iran and Cuba have better relations, and yesterday TV showed a little more pacific North Korea leader. Question: who knows what’s about Rothschild banks now in these 3 countries) – Heidi;
- The Bank For International Settlements (BIS) – Patrick M. Wood, uploaded by BackToConstitution, Feb 16, 2012: Part 1, 14.59 min; Part 2, 14.59 min; Part 3, 5.29 min;
Other Links:
The TTIPing Point: Protests Threaten Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal, on Spiegel Online International, by Dinah Deckstein, Simone Salden and Michaela Schießl, May 6, 2016 (Photo Gallery): an unprecedented protest movement of a scope not seen since the Iraq war in Germany has pushed negotiations over the TTIP trans-Atlantic free trade agreement to the brink of collapse. The demonstrations are characterized by a level of professionalism not previously seen;
The TTIP Leaks, on Politics for the 99%, MAy 9, 2016;
Fluchtziel Berlin – die überforderte Hauptstadt HD, 43.56 min, uploaded by DokumentarFilme, Feb 16, 2016 … in der Reihe « Flüchtlinge: Willkommen oder unerwünscht? » blickt die « ZDF.reportage » nach Berlin. Von circa 60 000 Flüchtlingen spricht der Senat – eine riesige Herausforderung für die Stadt;
Was machen die Flüchtlingen nun? 28.06 min, uploaded by doku kingmen, Feb 8, 2016;
Verschwundene Kinder in Deutschland HD, 43.30 min, uploaded by Doku Baron 2016, Jan 31, 2016;
AUDIO to listen for free: The Economics of Inequality, Audio Download – Unabridged, on amazon.co.uk, by Thomas Piketty (Author), Arthur Goldhammer – translator (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher); all books on amazon with THOMAS PIKETTY.