RE: Possible Al Queda Hacker Caught

["StyleWar" <stylewar () cox net>]

God's on the phone -- and he wants you to host a seminar on how to hack
websites for the cause... 

:)

I love it. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Dude VanWinkle
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:38 AM
> To: FunSec LList
> Subject: [funsec] Possible Al Queda Hacker Caught
>
> Speaking of conspiracies, this one might actually be real :-)
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/2
5/AR2006032500020.html
> For almost two years, intelligence services around the world 
> tried to uncover the identity of an Internet hacker who had 
> become a key conduit for al-Qaeda. The savvy, 
> English-speaking, presumably young webmaster taunted his 
> pursuers, calling himself Irhabi -- Terrorist -- 007. He 
> hacked into American university computers, propagandized for 
> the Iraq insurgents led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and taught 
> other online jihadists how to wield their computers for the cause.
>
> Suddenly last fall, Irhabi 007 disappeared from the message boards.
> The postings ended after Scotland Yard arrested a 22-year-old 
> West Londoner, Younis Tsouli, suspected of participating in 
> an alleged bomb plot. In November, British authorities 
> brought a range of charges against him related to that plot. 
> Only later, according to our sources familiar with the 
> British probe, was Tsouli's other suspected identity 
> revealed. British investigators eventually confirmed to us 
> that they believe he is Irhabi 007
>
> ---------------------
>
> -JP
>
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