{"id":30328,"date":"2012-11-01T08:03:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=30328"},"modified":"2012-11-01T08:03:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:03:03","slug":"homeland-security-chief-banks-under-attack-by-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/homeland-security-chief-banks-under-attack-by-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security chief: Banks ‘under attack’ by hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today that hackers are “actively” attacking some of the country’s largest financial institutions.<\/p>\n
According to a report in The Hill, America’s top security official issued the warning at a Washington Post event today, but didn’t specify the nature of the attacks.<\/p>\n
“Right now, financial institutions are actively under attack,” The Hill quoted Napolitano as saying. “We know that. I’m not giving you any classified information… I will say this has involved some of our nation’s largest institutions. We’ve also had our stock exchanges attacked over the last [few] years, so we know… there are vulnerabilities.”<\/p>\n
Napolitano also said that the hackers have been successfully pilfering funds from the banks, but wouldn’t elaborate.<\/p>\n