You remember Project Blitzkrieg, don't you?

Probably you don't, actually, and that is because the late 2012cyber-attack – said to be the brainchild of Russian criminalswho intended to cripple and loot the top 30 U.S. banks – amountedto a whole lot of bluffing. If it happened at all, nobody muchnoticed.

There is the thought to ponder as you contemplate what may ormay not happen on May 7, the day of a supposedly huge DDoS attackthat will be aimed at banks and others, according to a pressrelease posted by the hacker group Anonymous on Internet bulletinboard pastebin.

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