FYI: Below is an alert from the FBI regarding a possible Anonymous attack starting tomorrow. Feel free to pass along if useful.
Re: DDoS Attack “Operation New Son” planned for Friday, 5/25/2012
As part of our impending investigations into hacktivist groups associated with Anonymous, FBI Cyber Division has received reporting on “Operation New Son”.
Open source reports indicate that Operation New Son is being planned for Friday, May 25, 2012. This operation calls for online attacks against targeted organizations in the form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS0 attacks and the leaking of classified data. The proposed targets for Operation New Son are:
Allainz Exxon Mobil Public Broadcasting System
Apple Fannie Mae Reliance Industries Limited
Assicurazioni Generali Glencore Rio Tinto
AT&T HBGary Royal Dutch Shell
Avia Hewlett-Packard Saint-Gobain
AXA IBM Sinopec
Bank of America Japan Post Holdings State Grid Corp of China
Bank of China KPMG Tesco
BestBuy Kroger Toyota
Bethblog Maersk UniCredit
British Petroleum MetLife Volkswagen
Cargill Mitsubishi Walmart
Carrefour Nokia Wells Fargo
Chevron PetroChina
Dongfeng Motor Posco
Re: DDoS Attack “Operation New Son” planned for Friday, 5/25/2012
As part of our impending investigations into hacktivist groups associated with Anonymous, FBI Cyber Division has received reporting on “Operation New Son”.
Open source reports indicate that Operation New Son is being planned for Friday, May 25, 2012. This operation calls for online attacks against targeted organizations in the form of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS0 attacks and the leaking of classified data. The proposed targets for Operation New Son are:
Allainz Exxon Mobil Public Broadcasting System
Apple Fannie Mae Reliance Industries Limited
Assicurazioni Generali Glencore Rio Tinto
AT&T HBGary Royal Dutch Shell
Avia Hewlett-Packard Saint-Gobain
AXA IBM Sinopec
Bank of America Japan Post Holdings State Grid Corp of China
Bank of China KPMG Tesco
BestBuy Kroger Toyota
Bethblog Maersk UniCredit
British Petroleum MetLife Volkswagen
Cargill Mitsubishi Walmart
Carrefour Nokia Wells Fargo
Chevron PetroChina
Dongfeng Motor Posco