Anonymous 'splinter cell' claims responsibility for HSBC denial-of-service attack
HSBC gets its sites back up in hours, while UK-based FawkesSecurity rushes to claim responsibility
Anonymous, the loosely affiliated hacker group, has claimed responsibility for a distributed-denial-of-service attack against banking giant HSBC. The attack was launched last night at about 10pm, and...
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