Hacker Decries U.S. & Israel On Vietnam Memorial Website

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Washington Post.

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A computer hacker promoting Turkish nationalism posted a video and message
on a U.S. Vietnam memorial Web site in recent days, blocking one of the
site's search functions while defacing the site with a statement against
the United States and Israel.

Users of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site -- at
http://www.thewall-usa.com-- who searched for U.S. casualties by date were
sent to an all-red Web page adorned with a symbol from the Turkish flag, a
short video, and messages in Turkish and English. The English messages
attacked Kurds, the United States, Israel and Armenia.

According to translations, the Turkish message read: "Is there any equal or
likeness to our martyrs at Gallipoli?" It is an apparent reference to the
Battle of Gallipoli in 1915 during World War I, during which soldiers from
the Ottoman Empire repelled an Allied operation to capture Istanbul,
suffering heavy casualties of more than 250,000. The video called it a
"story written in blood."

A "Turk Defacer" took credit for the hack, which users reported yesterday
to the FBI, the National Park Service and the 4/9 Infantry Manchu Vietnam
Association, which maintains the site. The message was removed and the
search function restored by last night.

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More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/19/AR200709190
2172.html

- - ferg

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