“Hacking attacks that fizzle can be just as dangerous as those that don’t.
This week, the loosely coordinated Anonymous hacking crew promised an all-out assault against U.S. government and banking websites in retaliation for drone attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tuesday was supposed to be a day of ‘justice for the downtrodden,’ with the sites of more than 100 large organizations coming under sustained denial-of-service computer attacks.”
Source:Lessons From the Hacking Attack That Wasn’t – Bloomberg