Iran is behind bank cyber attacks, Sen. Joe Lieberman believes

(Reuters) - Ally Financial Inc on Thursday became the latest U.S. financial institution to face cyber attacks that may stem from hackers in Iran. Bank of America Corp , Wells Fargo & Co and other banks in recent weeks have suffered so-called denial of service attacks in which hackers use a high volume of incoming traffic to delay or disrupt customer websites. Regional bank BB&T Corp and credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp confirmed disruptions earlier this week. ...

North Korea on Friday accused the United States and South Korea of carrying out a "persistent and intensive" cyber attack against its official websites in recent days. A number of official North Korean websites, including those of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the daily Rodong Sinmun newspaper, and Air Koryo airline became inaccessible early Wednesday.

North Korea on Friday accused the United States and South Korea of carrying out a "persistent and intensive" cyber attack against its official websites in recent days. A number of official North Korean websites, including those of the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the daily Rodong Sinmun newspaper, and Air Koryo airline became inaccessible early Wednesday.

AP / Kyodo News filesIn this Feb. 20, 2013 photo, the building housing “Unit 61398” of the People’s Liberation Army is seen in the outskirts of Shanghai.

This is a helluva catch by Sam Stein:

Iran has moved most of its government websites to local hosts to protect them from cyber attacks, the country's deputy communications minister said on Thursday.Ali Hakim Javadi, who is also head of Iran's technology organisation, said more than 90 percent of the websites had already been transferred as "it was necessary to protect governmental information on the Internet."Quoted in local media, he said some 30,000 Iranian websites, "including those of key organisations such as ministries," were previously hosted by foreign companies, particularly by those in North America.