A U.S. Department of Homeland Security memo that said the May 7 distributed denial of service attacks threatened by the so-called "hacktivist" collective Anonymous against government and financial websites would be more bark than bite prove to be true.
As of the morning of May 8, NCUA Public Affairs Specialist John Fairbanks said the agency had not received any reports of credit unions being hit with the threatened May 7 attacks. Likewise, targeted credit unions reported no ill effects.
Jeanette Mack, manager, corporate communications for the $54 billion Navy FCU of Vienna, Va., reported all operations were normal. Representatives from the $5.6 billion American Airlines FCU of Fort Worth, Texas; the $27 billion State Employees' Credit Union of Raleigh, N.C.; and the $6.2 billion San Diego County Credit Union also reported no problems.
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