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Taliban websites mysteriously go dark
Fox News ^ | 20 Aug 2021 | Brie Stimson

Posted on 08/21/2021 4:28:39 AM PDT by blueplum

Five Taliban-linked websites in five languages that the terrorist group used to spread official messages suddenly and mysteriously went dark Friday – days after the group took power in the country.

It wasn’t clear why the websites went down. The Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, English and Dari sites were previously protected by San Francisco-based Cloudflare, which shields the site host from being revealed to the public. Cloudflare has not commented...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: California
KEYWORDS: cyberhacks; kabul; taliban
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1 posted on 08/21/2021 4:28:39 AM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

I always remember that before an “event” alqueda went silent.


2 posted on 08/21/2021 4:30:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: blueplum
Their coordinating how to release the videos of American beheadings for maximum exposure.

With hundreds of thousands of Americans trapped in the country, this is something that could go on indefinitely.

I remember the humiliation America endured night after night watching the pathetic Iran hostages in the 70s. That's going to be a picnic compared to what is going to unfold in the coming weeks and months.

3 posted on 08/21/2021 4:35:56 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: blueplum

For what it’s worth, the official North Korean website, Korea-dpr.com , also currently runs off an American server. You can tell because the URL does not end in .nk, or any other country code.


4 posted on 08/21/2021 4:37:48 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Good point.


5 posted on 08/21/2021 4:43:51 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: Berosus

The TLD does not give any indication where the physical server is located, it is just the DNS registration. Any web site can be located anywhere. For example, .tv is the TLD of Tuvalu, a tiny island with a population of 11,000, but they’ve found out they have a TLD that many web sites would like, so they sell it to anyone with money, no matter where they are located.


6 posted on 08/21/2021 4:44:13 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: blueplum

No worries, the Taliban always will have Twitter to communicate with their people.


7 posted on 08/21/2021 4:45:19 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: blueplum

Then again they could have posted positive things about President Trump, a sure way to knocked off the web.


8 posted on 08/21/2021 4:46:46 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (`)
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To: Dan in Wichita
My guess...they're going to blow up the Embassy....or some other USA building....or the run ways.

Ya gotta watch what the other hand is doing.

9 posted on 08/21/2021 4:48:08 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: blueplum

Flush with a huge infusion of money from the Biden administration, they are probably upgrading all their platforms. Their relaunch will be much glitzier as money now is no object.


10 posted on 08/21/2021 5:01:36 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Sacajaweau

I think they want to spare our embassy until at least 9/11. On that day they will humiliate the United States by raising the Taliban flag over the embassy. Complete victory for them. In the meantime, Pedo Joe has a solid base of support here of at least 42 percent. Another 20 percent have no clue, so Joe and the Marxists are still doing okay.


11 posted on 08/21/2021 5:04:24 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: blueplum

12 posted on 08/21/2021 5:33:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Didn’t ‘go dark’. They just changed the password and entry page, and didn’t give Fox News the new ones.


13 posted on 08/21/2021 5:39:33 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: blueplum

Traffic Analysis 101: “Always keep the channel seemingly busy — even when it isn’t”

Yogi Berra would have liked that one.


14 posted on 08/21/2021 5:44:09 AM PDT by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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To: blueplum

Next - someone tells Ilhan Omar to shaddap. She’s the one who married her brother.


15 posted on 08/21/2021 6:09:33 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: proxy_user

Like Hillarys bathroom server .crap


16 posted on 08/21/2021 6:44:55 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: proxy_user

Like Hillarys bathroom server .crap


17 posted on 08/21/2021 6:44:59 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Dan in Wichita

China wants to be bbfs with them. There’s always tik toc.


18 posted on 08/21/2021 7:43:32 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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