Posted on 03/24/2016 12:35:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The hackers are accused of hitting the banks with distributed-denial-of-service attacks on a near-weekly basis, a relatively unsophisticated way of knocking computer networks offline by overwhelming them with a flood of spammed traffic.
“These attacks were relentless, they were systematic, and they were widespread,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told a Washington news conference.
The indictment from a federal grand jury in New York City said the attacks occurred from 2011 to 2013. Washington has previously accused military officers from China and the North Korean government of cyber attacks against U.S. businesses.
The attack on the Bowman Avenue Dam in Rye Brook, New York, was especially alarming, Lynch said, because it marked one of the first known intrusions on critical infrastructure. A stroke of good fortune prevented the hackers from obtaining operational control of the flood gates because the dam had been manually disconnected for routine maintenance, she said.
The Bowman hack was a "game-changing event" for the U.S. government that prompted investigators to uncover other systems vulnerable to similar attacks, said Andre McGregor, a former FBI agent and a lead case investigator on the dam intrusion.
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So, what happens when you “indict” Iran?
Does that mean we have to give them more money
to defend themselves? I recall something about
an agreement to defend them...
Oooh. We indicted them. That’ll show them. It will have the same effect as a fart in a hurricane.
I recall an incident about two years ago around a dam and park along the Delaware River
where 6 or 7 Islamic foreign students were found in a park at 2 AM by NY DEC officers .
While they offered no explanation for being there, had done nothing wrong , and were then no longer detained .
Perhaps this was another "Dry Run" exploration as the Delaware is the main water source for NYC .
Obama administration transfers $2 billion, artifacts back to Iran
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