From Fox News:

WASHINGTON — Al Qaeda terrorists are eyeing U.S. financial Web sites for possible cyber attack, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Thursday night to FOX News.

The federal Computer Emergency Readiness Team CERT —the cyber security branch of DHS —said it had translated information from a jihadist Web site, and that information leads them to believe that the threat is aspirational, not operational, officials said.

The target would be to enter American financial institutions, particularly those that engage in online stock trading, and disrupt and corrupt the transactions. Officials added, however, that the terrorist organization probably is not capable of carrying out such an attack at this time.

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