Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): A cyber group that claimed to have launched cyber attacks against the websites of several major U.S. financial institutions has denied acting on behalf of and being supported by the Iranian government.
In an email interview with ABC News, a self-described member of the so-called al-Qassam Cyber Fighters said the group was made up of computer-savvy volunteers who have taken to cyber space to spread the protest against an anti-Islam film made in California.
"No government or organization is supporting us and we do not wait for any support as well," the member said.
"Do you think that the massive protests in the world are done with support? [In] the same manner [that] millions of Muslims in the world protested, hackers are also part of this protest," the member added.
In mid-September al-Qassam issued a declaration online in which the group warned it would be attacking major U.S. financial institutions including Bank of America and the New York Stock Exchange in response to a trailer of anti Muslim film "The Innocence of Muslims."
In the days following al-Qassam's threats, websites for the institutions named in the online posting, as well as other major banks including PNC and Wells Fargo, appeared to be the victims of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which overloaded the websites and temporarily knocked many offline. (ANI)
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