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Risk Expert: No May 7 DDoS Activity Could Be Calculated Gamesmanship

Was it a test of defenses? Risk consultant says attacks could materialize, sooner or later, while CUNA reiterates rationale for warning, expresses relief.

By Heather Anderson | Updated on May 08, 2013

Just because no apparent DDoS attacks hit credit unions Wednesday doesn’t mean hackers didn’t progress toward their goal of crippling U.S. financial services targets, said Brian McGinley, CEO of data risk management firm IDT911 Consulting.

While McGinley stressed it was purely speculation on his part, he said when criminals – especially hackers from the group Anonymous – say there are going to do something, sooner or later it usually happens.

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