US banks have been buffeted by more than a week of powerful cyber attacks, but the mystery surrounding their perpetrators lingers. One expert said on Friday (local time) that he was suspicious of claims of responsibility purportedly made by Islamists angry at an anti-Muslim movie made in the United States, explaining that the widely-circulated internet postings might have been an attempt to deflect attention from the true culprit. "In the intelligence world, we call that a 'false flag,"' said Mike Smith, whose Web security company Akamai has helped...
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