>From: "Johannes Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:20:08 +0100 > >The Lebanese Daily Star seems to be an excellent source on the cyber-war. >Latest reports can be found here: > >http://www.dailystar.com.lb/04_11_00/art4.htm >http://www.dailystar.com.lb/06_11_00/art2.htm > >In German there is a report on Telepolis: > >http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/special/info/4188/1.html > >Johannes > >Here are the reports from Daily Star. I post them in full because it looks >to me as if they do not stay for long on their webpage. > >Hackers launch 'phase three' of online intifada >Ranwa Yehia >Daily Star staff > >Arab hackers are attempting to divert Israeli funds from buying weapons and >ammunition to fight the Palestinians by forcing the Jewish state to invest >in repairing and safeguarding internet service providers in Tel Aviv. >In an e-mail sent to The Daily Star, the staff of UNITY website, created to >encourage Arab supporters to target Israeli sites in an attempt to down >them, announced that phase three of the cyberwar has begun. >"Remember, the more money they lose in fixing and strengthening their >systems means less money to buy bullets and rockets for use against our >children," stated the e-mail, addressed to Arab internet users who have been >active in attacking Israeli sites. >"Maybe you can't hold a gun and fight, but you can contribute in the >struggle by visiting and forwarding the counter attack links," it said, >listing the links: defend.unity-news.com and hizbollah.unity-news.com. >"Every dollar they lose means one less bullet for the Zionist soldiers' >ammunition, it means a life of a Palestinian child," the e-mail said. >One of the UNITY staffers, who spoke to The Daily Star on condition of >anonymity, said the attacks were simply an "act of self-defense." >He also threatened that Israeli e-commerce sites would be attacked if >Israelis and their supporters "attempt to touch any anti-Zionist site." >Attacking e-commerce sites is listed as phase four in the cyberwar attack. >UNITY said the aim would make the Israelis lose "millions of dollars in >losses in transactions." >The reason phase three of the cyberwar was initiated, the >staff member explained, was because Israelis and their supporters hacked >into Hizbullah's Al-Manar Television website last week, combined with "a >Zionist action against UNITY." >"All this forced us to start phase three of the cyberwar," he said. >Alan Abbey, the managing editor of an Israeli website, israel.internet.com, >posted an article on the website describing how moving hosts out of Israel >was "shaking up the high-tech business community." >Due to what Abbey described as "the serious threat of cyber-terrorism," a >web company, Webstyle, is moving all of its Israeli-based hosting to the US, >making them harder to attack. >However, Arab hackers have become so effective that even the FBI has warned >that the cyber attacks on Israeli sites could "spill over" to the US. >A recent advisory from the FBI's cybercrime unit said: "Due to the credible >threat of terrorist acts in the Middle East region, and the conduct of these >web attacks, (internet users) should exercise increased vigilance to the >possibility that US government and private-sector websites may become >potential targets." >The FBI said the method of attacks against Israeli websites included >automated e-mail floods and high volumes of coordinated requests for web >services by pro-Palestinians. >The FBI has recommended certain security measures for government agencies >and private businesses. Security officials should be prepared to take >appropriate steps to prevent e-mail flood attacks, block source e-mail >addresses in the event of a flooding, and ensure that appropriate patches >are installed in operating systems to limit vulnerability to other >denial-of-service attack methods. >In response, UNITY circulated an e-mail encouraging "every freedom fighter >with networking and hacking skills to contact them at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >UNITY is also encouraging Arab website owners to post hacking codes because >UNITY sites are being constantly attacked by pro-Israelis. >Sites promoting cyberattacks on Israeli sites which are still running are: > >http://www.unity-news.org >http://www.ummah.net/unity >http://www.sabra-shatila.org > >Cyberwar expands to claim first US victim > >Ranwa Yehia >Daily Star staff >Arab hackers have targeted the website of a US company that conducts >business with Israel - the first such attack since the Arab-Israeli >cyberwar began three weeks ago. >The US company, Lucent Technologies, was attacked on Thursday by thousands >of hackers at the same time. Although the company confirmed it was targeted, >it said company security workers were able to fend off the attack before it >brought the site down. >The attack came only a few days after an FBI warning that the Arab-Israeli >cyberwar could "spill over" to the United States. >The Lucent website was listed among 13 sites posted on the UNITY website, a >site encouraging Arabs to target Israeli sites. >Over the weekend at least six Israeli sites were hacked, among them a >commercial firm for strategic consulting, project planning, and website >design; a commercial medical company; an Israeli student association; a >college; and a religious high school. >The hackers attacking the Israeli sites identified themselves as "Gforce >Pakistan," which is most probably the same group that hacked an American >pro-Israeli lobby group, Aipac, last week. >The attack on the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee was the first >cyberwar case to be comprehensively reported by major US media outlets. >Meanwhile, the Israeli site, www.wizel.com, that initiated the cyberwar >three weeks ago by listing Hizbullah and Palestinian sites, has been >removed. However, a group calling itself "Israel Hackers" launched a website >on Sunday that has similar functions as www.wizel.com. >Entitled "Hackers of Israel Unite," the site encourages "the army of Israeli >soldiers on the net" to "search and destroy all of the Arab sites on the >net." >The site, which had received 214 visitors by early Sunday evening, tells >Israeli supporters that all they need is "a computer, a shell, and revenge." >The sites listed to be targeted include the Palestinian Authority site; >Hizbullah's Al-Manar Television site; a Palestinian information site, >www.sis.gov.ps; Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency site; and a Jordanian >portal site, www.albawaba.com. >The Israeli site's front page posts a picture of Palestinian leader Yasser >Arafat holding sticks of dynamite. Below is a picture of Palestinian >children holding guns with Unicef's logo on top. Another animated picture >shows Arafat repeatedly ducking target attacks aimed at him. >The site, www.israelhackers. cjb.net, is trying to coordinate attacks based >on ICQ channels. >The Israeli Army website was again downed for at least five days, despite >seeking AT&T to host it after it was downed by Arab hackers. >Israeli site administrators are kept busy protecting sites from Arab >hackers. >The Israeli Army site, for example, keeps going on and off, indicating that >it is being attacked and then reloaded by site administrators. >The Israeli sites that were down on Sunday afternoon included the Ministry >of Defense, the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, the Ministry of Industry >and Trade, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, and the Tel Aviv Stock >Exchange. >"We're expecting the battle to heat up from our side in the next few days," >a UNITY staffer told The Daily Star. >"Our cyberwar won't stop until all the anti-Zionist sites attacked are >restored," he said. >New UNITY attack sites include the following: >http://unity.globalredirect.com and http://www.explode.to/unity. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leninist-International mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change your options or unsubscribe go to: >http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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