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Al-Jazeera Web Site Faces Continued Hacker Attacks (American Flag Covers Entire Website!!)
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| March 27, 2003
| Reuters
Posted on 03/27/2003 11:00:46 AM PST by dmcg_98
Al-Jazeera Web site faces continued hacker attacks Reuters, 03.27.03, 11:50 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hacker attacks continued to plague the Web site of Arab satellite TV network al-Jazeera on Thursday, as cyber-vandals replaced the news site with a stars-and-stripes logo saying "Let Freedom Ring".
Both the Arabic site, at (http://www.aljazeera.net), and the English-language version at (http://english.aljazeera.net) could not be accessed Thursday. Users who tried to log onto the site found a message that read, "Hacked by Patriot, Freedom Cyber Force Militia" beneath a logo containing the U.S. flag.
"This broadcast was brought to you by: Freedom Cyber Force Militia," the site said. "God bless our troops!!!"
Al-Jazeera information technology manager Salah Al Seddiqui said someone had hijacked the domain name and redirected it to another server computer.
"Our Web site is working but nobody can see it," Al Seddiqui said.
The al-Jazeera Web site has faced near-constant cyber attacks since an English-language version devoted exclusively to the war in Iraq was launched Monday.
Hackers have blitzed the site with meaningless data in an effort to squeeze out legitimate traffic and render the site inaccessible, a technique known as a "denial of service" attack.
That attack eased at around 3 a.m. London time on Thursday, Al Seddiqui said, but the domain name was hijacked shortly after.
The Qatar-based network had tried to switch the address back but was denied access by domain-name seller Network Solutions Inc. ,he said.
"We can't say it's their fault or our fault," he said.
A Network Solutions spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
The company also HAS had to search for a new home for the site after U.S.-based DataPipe said it could no longer host the site from the end of the month. Al Seddiqui said the company had moved its servers to a data center in France.
Copyright 2003, Reuters News Service
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posted on
03/27/2003 11:00:47 AM PST
by
dmcg_98
To: dmcg_98
LOL...
2
posted on
03/27/2003 11:01:23 AM PST
by
bedolido
To: dmcg_98
Guess the Al-Jazeera faithful will just have to make do with the New York Times.
3
posted on
03/27/2003 11:03:07 AM PST
by
MadJack
(paradise is 40 acres with clear fields of fire)
To: dmcg_98
All your domains are belong to us.
To: dmcg_98
This was posted at almost the same time ... unintentionally duplicate.
Feel free to delete..
thanks
5
posted on
03/27/2003 11:03:30 AM PST
by
dmcg_98
To: bedolido
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posted on
03/27/2003 11:04:15 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: dmcg_98
0vvN3|>
7
posted on
03/27/2003 11:05:14 AM PST
by
B-Chan
(Ne messez pas avec le Texas)
Comment #8 Removed by Moderator
To: dmcg_98
I would have posted the Iraqi flag, you know truth in advertising.
To: dmcg_98
10
posted on
03/27/2003 11:06:46 AM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(When news breaks, we fix it!)
To: dmcg_98
BTTT for America!
11
posted on
03/27/2003 11:06:53 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: dmcg_98
I'm waiting for Reuters to get hacked and shut down. They as offensive and as much Islamofacist/kazi as Al-Jazeera.
12
posted on
03/27/2003 11:07:39 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
("Those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind!")
To: dmcg_98
"Hacked by Patriot, Freedom Cyber Force Militia" Pro-Americans are soooo kewl.
13
posted on
03/27/2003 11:08:45 AM PST
by
concerned about politics
(Anti-American protestors are inbread liberal Notsosmartso's.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Actually now it looks like someone took their domain name away from them as well.
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posted on
03/27/2003 11:09:13 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: dmcg_98
I think this is yet another tactic in the war on terrorism...
To: CodeJockey
HA HA HA HA
To: dmcg_98
The english version now says, "This Page has Been Taken Over By Saimoon Bhuiyan".
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posted on
03/27/2003 11:09:41 AM PST
by
watchin
To: Windsun
Why would we care what is up there? We get enough bias from our own news sources (execpt fox, of course). We don't need to see any more pro-iraq propaganda than we already see on our nightly (and morning) TV news!
Hack away!
To: Windsun
Why in the name of everything holy would you want to see what they have on their website?
Have you not heard of the sick and sadistic content of their news channel?
To: dmcg_98
"Hacked by Patriot, Freedom Cyber Force Militia" I keep telling you guys it's the 10101101 Geek Division at work.
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