by George Washington
Washington’s
Blog

Internet False
Flag Against American Banks?

We reported
last year that
a “false flag” attack on the Internet could be used
to justify a crack-down on free speech.

We’ve
repeatedly noted that the
U.S. or Israel might blow something up and then falsely blame
it on Iran.

Last month,
Michael
Rivero put these two ideas together, theorizing that the U.S.
or Israel was launching a false flag cyber attack on American
banks, which they would blame on Iran as a justification for war.

Until today,
the statements in the mainstream news that someone in the Middle
East might have launched the web attacks on American banks was too
nebulous for me to get excited about.

But today,
the Wall Street Journal ran a prominent story directly blaming Iran.
The story – entitled “Iran
Renews Internet Attacks on U.S. Banks” – claims:

Iranian hackers
renewed a campaign of cyberattacks against U.S. banks this week,
targeting Capital One Financial Corp. and BBT Corp. and openly
defying U.S. warnings to halt, U.S. officials and others involved
in the investigation into the attacks said.

The attacks,
which disrupted the banks’ websites, showed the ability
of the Iranian group to sustain its cyberassault on the nation’s
largest banks for a fifth week, even as it announced its plans
to attack in advance.

U.S. officials
said the attacks against banks, and others against Middle Eastern
energy companies, were sponsored by the Iranian government and
approved at high [levels].

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October
20, 2012

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