[iwar] Fwd: Hackers Target Pro-Israel Web Site


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One more ripple in the ME conflict.

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Ozair

>Hackers Target Pro-Israel Web Site
>
>By D. IAN HOPPER
>.c The Associated Press
>
>WASHINGTON (Nov. 3) - Pakistani-based hackers attacked a U.S. Web site
>belonging to a pro-Israel lobby Wednesday, stealing credit card numbers and
>member records in the latest volley in what has become an online war
between
>Israel and Arabs.
>
>The attack, against the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, consisted
>of the hackers defacing its Web site with pro-Palestinian slogans and
e-mails
>downloaded from the Web site databases.
>
>The lobby confirmed the attack and has reported it to the FBI, according to
>The Washington Post , which, with The New York Times, reported the story
>Friday.
>
>The Pakistan Hackerz Club, which consists of at least two members known as
>''Doctor Nuker'' and ''Mr-Sweet,'' took responsibility for the attack and
>their logo appeared on the defaced Web site, which has since been repaired.
>
>The hackers wrote, ''The hack is to protest against the atrocities in
>Palestine by the barbarian Israeli soldiers and their constant support by
the
>US government. Instead of writing articles or putting pictures of Israel's
>atrocities in Palestine, this time I've put emails and comments that I got
>from the Web site.''
>
>The comments, downloaded from the Web site itself, were pro-Palestinian.
>
>The hackers also downloaded the credit card information and made the
numbers
>public on other Web sites run by the club. An AIPAC official told The Post
>that the 700 affected members have been notified of the incident.
>
>B.K. DeLong, a staff member of Attrition.org, which records Web site
>defacements, told The Associated Press Friday that this form of hacking is
>meant more for the general public than the target government.
>
>''I'm not sure if political leaders in the center of the issue being
brought
>up in the defacements really pay attention to them unless it happens to be
>their own organization, government or departmental Web site,'' said DeLong.
>''However they do enlighten the general public to the situation or perhaps
>people in other countries who are tech savvy but may not be aware of the
>issue.''
>
>In the past year, the Pakistan Hackerz Club has defaced over a hundred Web
>sites. Normally, its attacks are targeted against Indian government and
>business Web sites, where they post statements and pictures supporting
Muslim
>Kashmiris.
>
>Hacktivism - as the mix of hacking and activism is called - on the whole is
>on the rise, as the practice is easy for young, opinionated and perhaps
>disaffected youths who look for a way to strike out against governments
with
>little risk. With so many Web sites available to them as targets, it's easy
>for them to find one with lax security, ripe for an attack.
>
>Since violence flared up between Israelis and Palestinians several weeks
ago,
>Web site administrators on both sides have been busy defending their sites
>against attack from enemy hackers attempting to win a propaganda war
against
>the other side.
>
>In the volleys, hackers have targeted the Web sites of the Knesset,
Israel's
>Parliament, an Israeli Internet provider and several sites run by the
>Hezbollah guerrillas.
>
>On Oct. 26, the National Infrastructure Protection Center, the FBI's cyber
>cops, warned that U.S. government and private-sector Web sites may become
>potential targets in the online skirmish.
>
>Still, DeLong said, the vast majority of defaced Web sites are done as
>mischief.
>
>''You'll notice that most defacements are either one-line statements of
>victory or long rambling tirades of nonsense and greets,'' DeLong said.
''PHC
>(Pakistan Hackerz Club) is one of the few groups that has consistantly
>defaced Web sites in the name of a cause.''
>
>  AP-NY-11-03-00 0859EST
>
>Copyright 2000 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP
news
>report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed
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