Will NYSE be Attacked Oct. 10?

Experts: Anonymous Threats Likely Hype, But Cannot be Ignored

Security experts aren't sure how seriously we should take threats allegedly made by hacktivist group Anonymous against the New York Stock Exchange. But they all agree no threat can be ignored.

Hacktivists claiming to be part of Anonymous, which over the summer attacked PBS, vowed last weekend to "erase" the New York Stock Exchange from the Internet on Oct. 10. The attack, the group claimed, was being waged in support of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

Some members of Anonymous, however, have disputed the claims made on YouTube about a denial-of-service attack. Anonymous' Twitter handle, AnonOps, posted a tweet this week saying it had no plans to hack Wall Street. But it's hard to know what to believe.