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Occupy Wall Street plus Anonymous may equal city computer outages

In 2012, hacktivists and offline activists could unite to attack critical infrastructure systems, according to researchers at security firms.

Note to the Homeland Security Department: expect hackers to join forces with offline activists in 2012 for strikes on transportation computer systems and other critical networks. According to annual predictions released by security firm McAfee, anti-Wall Street demonstrators occupying parks in cities across the country and digital vigilantes associated with hacktivist group Anonymous may soon operate as "cyberoccupiers."

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