'Electronic Jihad' Application Offers Cyberterrorism For The Masses

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

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Via InformationWeek.

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Although cyberterrorism has been around since the Internet reached the
mainstream more than a decade ago, a relatively new Web-based application
offers Islamic jihadis a way for even the relatively nontechnical to target
and attack Web sites perceived to be anti-Islamic.

The "Electronic Jihad Program" is part of the long-term vision jihadi Web
site Al-jinan.org has to use the Internet as a weapon, something that
affects any organization that relies on the Web.

Electronic Jihad allows users to target specific IP addresses for attack in
order to take any servers running at those IP addresses offline. The
application even includes a Windows-like interface that lets users choose
from a list of target Web sites provided via the Al-jinan site, select an
attack speed (weak, medium, or strong), and the click on the "attack"
button.

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More:
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=200001943
>

- - ferg

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