Anonymous Hackers target Nasdaq website
Feb 15, 2012
Anonymous Hackers target Nasdaq website Websites of exchange operators Nasdaq and BATS have been attacked by hackers over the last 24 hours, causing ongoing disruptions for those trying to use the sites. Sites was down because of distributed denial-of-service attack from a group of Anonymous hackers. L0NGwave99 ,a online hacktivist, is claiming to be responsible for the attack. In a release issued Tuesday, an operative writes " This DDoS Operation over NASDAQ is done in support of the great and rooted 99% movement, whom the L0NGwave99 Group has decided to give a present ." " The website wasn't hacked, nobody got any information. What they did was try to block access for our users ," NASDAQ spokesman Joseph Christinat adds to the agency. Trading in Nasdaq stocks has not been affected by the attacks. According to reports, the attacks have also affected the NasdaqTrader.com site, although it seems to be fine at the moment. " The website wasn't hacke...