"Three Pronged Cyber Attack or What?" Topic

So, today the New York Stock Exchange, a major US airline, and the Wall Street Journal all suffered "computer glitches."

Hmmm.

That's finance, transportation and the press all hit at the same time.

Smells like an attack to me, or worse, a testing of capability before a big attack on multiple outlets.

Could be a coincidence, but… seems awfully interesting on the timing.

Its possible, but unless there's a Blofeld out there (anybody hear from the Koch Brothers and George Soros lately) I can't see who or why ANYBODY would want a major attack. Even a small scale attack could cause incredible amounts of chaos and really folks this is not the time for it.

really folks this is not the time for it.

Unless chaos is what your after…….

I can see a number of currently active hostile groups/powers/nations/fanatics that would delight in causing worldwide disaster, much less disaster in America.
And I can think of any number of radicalized left and right wing groups who would love to carry out the same attacks on capitalists and corporations, either ignorant of or in hopes of creating an economic disaster.

too funny, nothing nefarious, just our crumbling infrastructure, lack of updates, patches, etc…
Wait until the real chaos results from all the government dependence on MS2003…

Plenty of stuff out there runs terrible, outdated stuff with poor patch policies.

IT security is seen as an expense, not an investment, hence it only gets invested in, when you absolutely can't avoid it.

2 out 3 of those were due to software updates gone bad (and that NEVER happens…. much!). Don't know about the third, but odds are good the same reason. No deep conspiracy here; just ordinary incompetence…