World Cup 2014: 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous plan cyber-attack on World Cup sponsors

 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous plan cyber-attack on World Cup sponsors

Che Commodore gave comprehensive information about the upcoming attack .

“We have a plan of attack,” Che told the agency. “We have already conducted late-night tests to see which of the sites are more vulnerable… This time we are targeting the sponsors of the World Cup,” he said, speaking by Skype from an undisclosed location in Brazil.

All the world’s main commercial players in their respective industries are involved in the 2014 World Cup, and most have made the hit list, according to the computer wizard; Coca Cola, Budweiser, the Emirates airline and Adidas are among them.

The proposed method of attack is reportedly going to be a run-of-the-mill DDoS, which aims to create thousands of simultaneous access requests to a selected site in order to overload and crash it.