Al Qaeda threatened to attack the US financial network

The US government has warned against the possibility of Al Qaeda calling for attacks on online financial services in the country. However, there are no signs that the call has "worked".

An unnamed source said al Qaeda will find ways to infiltrate and undermine the database of US stock exchange and banking websites. Before this information, the overall reaction of the financial community is silent and the market has almost no changes.

Source: Reuters According to a warning report, Al Qaeda called for an attack starting Friday through December to retaliate against the US detention of a terrorist suspect at Guantanamo prison. " They are urging a denial of service attack, " a Homeland Security Ministry official said.

Denial of service is a form of attack that prevents legitimate users from accessing a website. They can accomplish this goal by "flooding" the network, bombing requests to the server or overflowing storage space, making the website numb.

Robert Albertson, Sandler O'Neil & Partners' investment expert, said that it is unlikely that Al Qaeda members could seriously hurt financial websites. " Of course still have to be cautious, but the damage will not be great ."

The US Department of Homeland Security also confirmed that the warning was real, but they did not believe "high risk".

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