Al Qaeda declares Cyber Jihad...

[Robert Slade <rmslade () shaw ca>]

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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