Re: Al Qaeda declares Cyber Jihad...

[rms () computerbytesman com]

Has anyone ever gone back and looked to see if any of Debkafile's
predictions actually became true?

Richard


> Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:11 am
>
> > In a special Internet announcement in Arabic, picked up
> > DEBKAfile’s
> > counter-terror sources, Osama bin Laden’s followers
> > announced Monday, Oct. 29, the
> > launching of Electronic Jihad. On Sunday, Nov.  11,
>
>
> Choosing Remembrance Day is just nasty ...
>
> > al
> > Qaeda’s electronic
> > experts will start attacking Western, Jewish,  Israeli,
> > Muslim apostate and Shiite
> > Web sites. On Day One, they will test  their skills against
> > 15 targeted sites
> > expand the operation from day to day  thereafter until
> > hundreds of thousands of
> > Islamist hackers are in action  against untold numbers of
> > anti-Muslim sites.
>
>
> November 11 *might* be interesting, but I suspect we will get into a kind
> of law of diminishing returns very quickly thereafter.
>
> > DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report  that, shortly
> > after the first
> > announcement, some of al Qaeda’s own Web sites  went blank,
> > apparently crashed by
> > the American intelligence computer experts  tracking them.
>
>
> Good security!  Strong!  Pull plow!
>
> > The next day, Oct. 30, they were up again, claiming  their
> > Islamic fire walls
> > were proof against infidel assault.
>
>
> Against stupidity, however, the gods themselves contend in vain ...
>
> > They also boasted an impenetrable e-mail network for
> > volunteers wishing to
> > join up with the cyber jihad to contact and receive
> > instructions undetected by
> > the security agencies in their respective  countries.
>
>
> Anybody wanna set up some Tor nodes and watch input and output?  Or would
> it just be easier to create fake identities?
>
> > Our sources say the instructions come in simple language
> > and are organized
> > in sections according to target. They offer would-be
> > martyrs, who for one
> > reason or another are unable to fight in the field, to
> > fulfill their jihad
> > obligations on the Net.
>
> The hacker dies a thousand deaths?
>
> > These armchair martyrs are assured
> > of the same thrill and
> > sense of elation as a jihadi on the “battlefield.”
>
>
> Doom 7: the Suicide.  Great graphics, length of play leaves a bit to be
> desired.
>
> > In effect, say DEBKAfile’s counter-terror  experts, al
> > Qaeda is retaliating
> > against Western intelligence agencies’  tactics, which
> > detect new terrorist
> > sites and zap them as soon as they appear.
>
> Meanies.
>
> > Until now, the
> > jihadists kept dodging
> > the assault by throwing up dozens of new  sites
> > simultaneously. This kept the
> > trackers busy and ensured that some of the  sites survived,
> > while empty pages
> > were promptly replaced. But as al Qaeda’s  cyber wizards
> > got better at
> > keeping its presence on the Net for longer  periods, so too
> > did Western
> > counter-attackers at knocking them down. Now Bin  Laden’s
> > cyber legions are fighting back.
> > The electronic war they have declared  could cause
> > considerable trouble on
> > the world’s Internet.
>
>
> Which world?
>
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