Hamas urging 'electronic Jihad'

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: J Armitage <j.armitage () UNN AC UK>
> Subject: <[CSL]>: Hamas urging 'electronic Jihad'
> To: CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE () JISCMAIL AC UK
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> Hamas urging 'electronic Jihad'
>
> Reuters
>
> The militant Islamic group Hamas is urging followers to conduct a three-day
> "electronic Jihad" on Jewish Websites, according to the Simon Wiesenthal
> Centre.
>
> Rabbi Abraham Cooper, an associate dean at the Los Angeles-based Jewish
> organisation, said that one of the centre's researchers had come across two
> Websites in Arabic referring to a campaign of hacking into Jewish sites
> starting on 29 November.
>
> The Simon Wiesenthal Centre monitors extremist anti-Semitic publications and
> Websites on a regular basis, but Cooper said the latest find this week was
> particularly alarming because one of the Websites gave "how to" tips to
> would-be hackers.
>
> "We have had numerous hackings back and forth between Israeli and Islamic
> sites since the Intifada began two years ago.
>
> "But this is something we have not seen in some time. There seems to be an
> entire portion of a We site which is devoted to a 'how to' get involved in
> that kind of activity," said Cooper, speaking from Jerusalem.
>
> Cooper said one of the Websites appeared to be linked to Hamas. The Hamas
> movement is dedicated to Israel's destruction and has carried out numerous
> suicide bombings against Israelis since interim peace accords were signed in
> 1993. "We don't know the extent of any potential activity or what exactly it
> would be, but we think this is significant.
>
> "The term 'Jewish' Websites could mean anything from Israeli government
> sites to any company that does business with Israel," Cooper added.
>
> Cooper said the significance of the 29 November start date was unclear,
> although he noted that it would be the first day of the eight-day Jewish
> Hanukkah festival of lights.
>
> Cooper said the Internet was playing a pivotal role as a forum both for
> ideas and for groups wanting to circumvent official sources of information.
>
> "The Internet has transformed the Islamic and Islamist world.... The
> Internet has become not only a battlefield, as this announcement would seem
> to indicate... of electronic wars, but it is also a key element in
> propaganda battles in Arabic, Persian and in English," he said.
>
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