DHS: Advisory on al Qaeda cyber threat issued out of caution

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Thursday, November 30, 2006
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Department of Homeland Security advisory cautioning that al Qaeda may be planning cyber attacks on banking and financial institution Web sites was issued out of an abundance of caution, although there is no corroboration, a DHS official told CNN Thursday.

The threat apparently was posted on a jihadist Web site, the official said.
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