FBI Suspects Terrorists Are Exploring Cyber Attacks
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 18. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
SIOBHAN GORMAN
The Wall Street Journal
November 18, 2009
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking at people with suspected links to al Qaeda who have shown an interest in mounting an attack on computer systems that control critical U.S. infrastructure, a senior official told Congress Tuesday.
While there is no evidence that terrorist groups have developed sophisticated cyber-attack [...]
Web security company warns of ‘cyber arms race’
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Chris Lefkow
AFP
November 18, 2009
Warning of a “cyber arms race,” a leading Web security firm said that China, France, Israel, Russia and the United States were among countries that have developed “cyber weapons.”
“McAfee began to warn of the global cyber arms race more than two years ago, but now we’re seeing increasing evidence that it’s become [...]
Fla. gunmen on the loose after taking 15 hostage
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 18. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
NBC News
msnbc.com
November 18, 2009
Two gunmen were on the loose early Wednesday morning after they took a total of 15 people hostage at a T.J. Maxx in a Venice, Fla., shopping mall, NBC News reported.
Wendy Rose, a spokeswoman for the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, told NBC News that all hostages were accounted for and safe after [...]
Bomb parts smuggled into 10 federal buildings during test
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 07. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Mike M. Ahlers
CNN
July 8, 2009
Plainclothes investigators sent to test security at federal buildings in four U.S. cities were successful in smuggling bomb components through guard posts at all 10 of the sites they visited, according to a government report.
The investigators then assembled the bombs in restrooms and freely entered numerous government offices while carrying the [...]
U.S. warns of multiple al-Qaida plots
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 07. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
J.J. Green
WTop.com
July 7, 2009
Last week, German authorities discovered that groups of terrorists may have been dispatched from training bases in Pakistan to launch crippling attacks.
In April, U.S. intelligence officials warned Germany about possible terror attacks. Since that time German security officials have reportedly been preparing for massive, multi-layered attacks for which al-Qaida has become known.
Shortly [...]
Conspiracy fever: As rumours swell that the government staged 7/7, victims’ relatives call for a proper inquiry
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 03. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Sue Reid
DailyMail.co.uk
July 3, 2009
Today almost four years on, the images of that dreadful morning are etched into our minds: the woman in the haunting white burns mask being helped to safety; the shell-shocked businessman in a suit with his hair and shirt matted with blood; the crippled No 30 bus with its roof blown off; [...]