A new group of hackers group called “3xp1r3 cyber army” has emerged from a collection of Arab countries. They deface more than 1000 websites to show their protest against the controversial Nakoula Basseley film, Innocence of Muslims. The six major American banks suffered denial-of-service attacks, in which “Mrt. Izz ad-Din alQasssam Cyber Fighters” barrage a website with traffic until it is overwhelmed and shuts down.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/thousands-of-sites-defaced-by.html