Hezbollah Hijacked Part Of Broadwing's Network

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via KXAN.com (Austin, Texas).

[snip]

An Austin company is caught in the crossfire of the Mid-East war as
Hezbollah's terror reaches Central Texas.

Broadwing Communications essentially threw Hezbollah off of the
Internet this week. It came after the discovery that terror propaganda
was linking to the company's network.

It wasn't Hezbollah bombs or rockets that hit Austin-based Broadwing
Communications this week.

"It is alarming," Donovan Dillon with Broadwing Communications said.

It was cyber-terrorism.

"We certainly do understand that these threats do exist," Dillon said.

In an exclusive interview, Broadwing executives told us how Al Manar
TV, the propaganda arm of the Lebanese terror organization was able to
get on the Internet. It was done by hijacking the Web service of one of
Broadwing's customers linking Al Manar to a Broadwing Internet address.

[snip]

More here:
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=5232870

- ferg


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