A splinter group of the infamous Anonymous network of web hackers is understood to be in the final stages of preparing an operation to bring down the websites of Jersey’s financial institutions and significantly disrupt email activity.
The attack, which is expected to be launched next month, would be the first assault on Jersey by the group, which has previously described the Island as a tax haven that uses government corruption to ‘loot the wealth of citizens’.
The Jersey Financial Services Commission, the industry’s regulator, has now emailed 300 Island finance firms warning of an imminent attack after receiving intelligence from several credible sources.
