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Key Militant Websites Temporarily Disabled by Hacker
The Counterterrism Blog ^ | 8/6/2005 | Evan Kohlmann

Posted on 08/06/2005 11:04:54 AM PDT by markomalley

At least two popular websites used by Middle Eastern terrorist groups to disseminate video, communiques, and other propaganda were temporarily disabled early Saturday by a hacker calling him/herself "The Ghost XXXV." Visitors to the two militant forums were greeted with the image of a vampire, the signature and e-mail address of "Ghost XXXV", and the following message: "yOuR sItE hAs bEeN hAcKeD... You Can Run But You Can't Hide. Astalavista Baby!"

By 10am eastern, the claim of responsibility left by "Ghost XXXV" on one victim had been erased and replaced with a message from a site administrator known as "Terrorist007" explaining that the forum was temporarily closed for maintenance.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; goodnews; hacker; infowar; mideast; militant; news; terrorist; website; wot
Some positive news on the information war front!
1 posted on 08/06/2005 11:05:01 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Now this is hacking that should be encouraged.


2 posted on 08/06/2005 11:06:47 AM PDT by CzarNicky (The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
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To: markomalley

All your URLs are belong to us.


3 posted on 08/06/2005 11:56:02 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: markomalley
Looks like the work of the Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare.
4 posted on 08/06/2005 2:53:59 PM PDT by billybudd
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To: markomalley

Frankly, I wish someone would take all of these sites down so regularly, that they's become ineffective as a tool of the terrorists. Or only effective as a means of spreading choas and misinformation.


5 posted on 08/08/2005 8:08:44 AM PDT by Roses0508 (Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.)
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