http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=joyjunction&kgs=0&kls=0
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Date: Monday May 23 2005
Contact: Jeremy Reynalds
Tel: (505) 877-6967, or (505) 400- 7145
Learn more about Joy Junction
on the World Wide Web at: www.christianity.com/joyjunction
Joy Junction Web Site Hacked and Obliterated: Shelter Director Suspects Terrorist Activity
Long time Albuquerque resident Jeremy Reynalds is best known for his work with Joy Junction, the shelter for homeless families he founded in 1986 and continues to direct.
However, there's another side of Reynalds that is not quite as well known – as a terrorist hunter.
For almost the last three years Reynalds has investigating and writing about a number of Islamic terrorist web sites, many of which are hosted by American Internet Service Providers.
Last year CNN profiled his work on the Anderson Cooper show, and a few months ago he was mentioned in a column by CNN Senior Investigative Producer Henry Schuster (www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/08/schuster.column).
Earlier this year Reynalds was also the subject of a death threat by radical jihadis (http://haganah.org.il/harchives/003608.html ).
Now Joy Junction's web site has been hacked by individuals so proficient that the entire account has been wiped off the computer server on which it was housed.
Reynalds said he suspects terror activity.
"The simple fact is that these guys are not happy when I write articles exposing their hateful agenda," he said. "Who else could it have been?"
"Our web host will launch an investigation on their own," Reynalds added. "But ...these were not script kiddies (amateur hackers), they were pros. And they likely did not leave behind much for us to work with."
Reynalds said while he cannot definitively say it was a terror attack against Joy Junction's web site, he has a message for those individuals whom he dubbed "radical jihadi thugs" who engage in cyber crimes.
"You have picked the wrong person to try and intimidate," Reynalds said. "Death threats and web site hacking just further serve to strengthen my resolve to fight terrorism."
For additional information contact Reynalds at jgreynalds@aol.com
The man is a hero in my book.
Stay safe out there, Mr. Reynalds. Ongoing prayers.
US-CERT.GOV
http://www.us-cert.gov
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"Web Infection Holds Computer Files Hostage (Ransom-ware for Windows)"
Associated Press | May 24, 2004 | TED BRIDIS
Posted on 05/24/2005 2:15:05 AM PDT by HAL9000
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- Computer users already anxious about viruses and identity theft have new reason to worry: Hackers have found a way to lock up the electronic documents on your computer and then demand $200 over the Internet to get them back.
Security researchers at San Diego-based Websense Inc. uncovered the unusual extortion plot when a corporate customer they would not identify fell victim to the infection, which encrypted files that included documents, photographs and spreadsheets.
A ransom note left behind included an e-mail address, and the attacker using the address later demanded $200 for the digital keys to unlock the files."