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.

"This could have been a test to see what would happen so they could plan their real attack," he said.

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