Jerusalem Post 'This is just the beginning,' warns Israeli hacker _By YAAKOV LAPPIN_ (http://www.jpost.com/Authors/AuthorPage.aspx?id=46) 01/11/2012 17:39
In interview with 'Post', hacker who published Saudi credit data warns anti-Israel hackers against further attacks. Talkbacks (19) He's only 17-years-old, but the Israeli hacker known as '0xOmer' has already made headlines after publishing hundreds of Saudi credit card numbers, in retaliation against Arab hackers, claiming to be Saudis, who published tens of thousands of Israeli credit card details on the internet last week. "This is just the beginning," 0xOmer told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. "We have over 300 Saudi credit card numbers in our possession... and over 10,000 personal details of people in Saudi Arabia, including full names, emails, and addresses. If they publish one more little detail on Israel, we will attack in full force and publish all of the credit card details," he added. The hacker provided a glimpse into how a developing cyberwar is being fought. Last week, Israeli credit card numbers and the Bank of Israel scrambled to quickly disable credit card numbers compromised by the actions of the anti-Israel hacker. Now, Saudi banks will have to take the same steps to protect their customers. "I belong to a group of hackers named Israel Defenders," he said. The team is made up of four members, who function like an organized cell, with a clear division of labor. "My role is to find and exploit security breaches in the highest levels," 0xomer said. Another member of the team, codenamed 7ukk1, is in charge of defacing websites targeted by the hackers, and handling foreign media relations. 7ukk1 is also an IDF soldier serving in Military Intelligence, 0xOmer said. A third member is a specialist in breaking into servers. The fourth member helps 0xOmer identify security gaps. "It's very easy to be hacker. It's a matter of studying for two to three months, and you can master the field," 0xOmer said. "the only difficulty is in finding Arab websites because they're in a different language," he added. But such websites have already been found in the form of a Saudi shopping website, and security breaches identified. The hackers are interested only in sending a warning to anti-Israel hackers at this stage, and stopped short of providing credit card information that can be used to make fraudulent purchases, the hacker added. "I didn't publicize the three digit number at the back of the card [necessary for online shopping]," he explained. But if hostile internet activists continue attacks on Israeli targets, 'Israel Defenders' will publish hundreds of credit card numbers along with the three-digit code, he added. The four youths are taking up what they say is a deterrence posture, in an online world that is increasingly being used as a battle arena. This arena is dominated almost exclusively by the young. "Many want to know how old I am, and some think I'm an adult. The right answer is that I'm 17," 0xOmer said. On his Twitter account, the hacker posted a link to a media report on the Israeli hacking group, adding, "Israeli pride!" He also directed expletives at "OxOmar," the hacker who exposed the Israeli credit card numbers. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
