'Anonymous' Hackers Group Threat to New York Stock Exchange

By NED POTTER | ABC News –

Anonymous, the loosely-organized group of computer hackers that has taken credit for many of the world's most visible protests, has threatened to "erase" the New York Stock Exchange from the Internet today. The streets of downtown Manhattan have been crowded for several weeks now with members of the Occupy Wall Street movement, who say they're protesting corporate greed. Last week an online message purportedly posted by Anonymous said the protest would spread to a hacking attack. Wall Street shrugged off the threat this morning as the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 250 points at the open. A threat was first made on Oct. 5, as demonstrators massed on the streets in lower Manhattan. But a YouTube message posted shortly after that said, "Anonymous wouldn't attack NYSE on a HOLIDAY -- it is debatable if Anonymous would ever even attack NYSE."

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