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Hackers Attack Al-Jazeera Website
28/03/2003 07:32 AM
Reuters
Hackers have replaced the news website of Arab satellite TV network
al-Jazeera with a stars-and-stripes logo saying "Let Freedom Ring".
Both the Arabic site, at (http://www.aljazeera.net), and the English-
language version at (http://english.aljazeera.net) could not be
accessed on Thursday.
Users who tried to log onto the site found a message that
read, "Hacked by Patriot, Freedom Cyber Force Militia" beneath a
logo containing the U.S. flag.
"This broadcast was brought to you by: Freedom Cyber Force Militia,"
the site said. "God bless our troops!!!"
Al-Jazeera information technology manager Salah Al Seddiqui said
someone had hijacked the domain name and redirected it to another
server computer.
"Our website is working but nobody can see it," Al Seddiqui said.
The al-Jazeera website has faced near-constant cyber attacks since
an English-language version devoted exclusively to the war in Iraq
was launched on Monday.
Hackers have blitzed the site with meaningless data in an effort to
squeeze out legitimate traffic and render the site inaccessible, a
technique known as a "denial of service" attack.
That attack eased at around 3 a.m. London time on Thursday, Al
Seddiqui said, but the domain name was hijacked shortly after.
The Qatar-based network had tried to switch the address back but was
denied access by domain-name seller Network Solutions, he said.
"We can't say it's their fault or our fault," he said.
A Network Solutions spokesman was not immediately available for
comment.
The company also HAS had to search for a new home for the site after
U.S.-based DataPipe said it could no longer host the site from the
end of the month. Al Seddiqui said the company had moved its servers
to a data centre in France.
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