Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters has launched its fourth phase of distributed-denial-of-service attacks against U.S. banks. The group claims the catalyst for the attacks is a movie trailer on YouTube that it deems offensive to Muslims. But many experts have questioned the protest motive and have expressed doubt that the group is what it says it is. In an Oct. 23 post on the open forum Pastebin, the group restated its purpose, and noted that the attacks are not being waged to perpetrate fraud.”]
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