The Wells Fargo website became the latest victim of cyber attack launched by a hacking group pledging retaliation for the controversial Innocence of Muslims video that has triggered anger and violence across the Muslim world.
The hacker group calling itself Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters took credit for the online attacks on US banks in protest against the online video. Last week, they targeted The Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.
" In the previous announcements, we stated that we will not tolerate insulting exalted character of the prophet of mercy and kindness. Due to the insult, we planned and accomplished a series of cyber operations against the insulting country’s credit and financial centers." The hackers said.
"Insult to a prophet is not acceptable especially when it is the Last prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him). So as we promised before, the attack will be continued until the removal of that sacrilegious movie from the Internet."
They have revealed a list of organizations that will be targeted in the upcoming days. They claim that each of the sites will be attacked for 8 hours, starting at 2:30 PM GMT.
"We apologize to customers who may be experiencing limited access to @wellsfargo.com & online banking. We are working to quickly…"The bank apologized for the disruption.
The hacker group calling itself Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters took credit for the online attacks on US banks in protest against the online video. Last week, they targeted The Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.
" In the previous announcements, we stated that we will not tolerate insulting exalted character of the prophet of mercy and kindness. Due to the insult, we planned and accomplished a series of cyber operations against the insulting country’s credit and financial centers." The hackers said.
"Insult to a prophet is not acceptable especially when it is the Last prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him). So as we promised before, the attack will be continued until the removal of that sacrilegious movie from the Internet."
They have revealed a list of organizations that will be targeted in the upcoming days. They claim that each of the sites will be attacked for 8 hours, starting at 2:30 PM GMT.
"We apologize to customers who may be experiencing limited access to @wellsfargo.com & online banking. We are working to quickly…"The bank apologized for the disruption.