June 28, 2013 Wall Street awaits "Quantum Dawn"

    On Friday, June 28, 2013 at 9 a.m., a number of commercial and government organizations in New York, such as Citygroup, Bank of America, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve, total more than 40 different institutions and companies through regular channels communications will begin to receive unusual or non-standard data packets that can be interpreted as a hacker attack on Wall Street’s financial infrastructure. Thus, the large-scale exercises of Quantum Dawn 2 will begin, the purpose of which is to develop a system of complex actions and measures in the event of a real threat from computer attackers. Coordination of the “attack” will be handled by the SIFMA trading organization .


    To judge that something strange is happening, it will be possible to judge about an unconditioned slowdown in trade operations or their failures; likely to be involved software that simulates the penetration of viruses into computer systems. After some time, the attack will be suspended, enabling the departments responsible for IT security to make a number of decisions to counter or cancel the auction. Further, after an indefinite period of time, the attack will be restored, only at a more aggressive pace and with altered conditions. All this horror will last until 14:30.

    Participation in the experiment is not free - companies must pay a fee in the amount ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 10,000. In fact, three people from each company responsible for a particular security sector will be involved in counteraction. The first will be responsible for the overall smooth operation of the organization (one from business continuity), the second will be directly responsible for information security, the third will be engaged in the trading process itself during the attack.

    It is difficult to say that the second Quantum Dawn is connected with the spy scandal surrounding the notorious PRISM project, but nevertheless the level of organizations involved in the simulation suggests the exceptional seriousness of the planned event. It is likely that the "Die Hard-4" scenario does not seem so fantastic to the US authorities.

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