Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 6 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Nov 24, 2001 (22:37) * 7 lines
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1436-2001Nov22.html
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At least one antivirus software company, McAfee Corp., contacted the FBI
on Wednesday to ensure its software wouldn't inadvertently detect the
bureau's snooping software and alert a criminal suspect.
"
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 7 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 18, 2002 (14:52) * 28 lines
SENATE CONSIDERS A COMPUTER ARMY FOR CRISES
By JOSEPH GALLIVAN
September 28, 2001
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Techies to the rescue!
Local computer buffs are saying the Sept. 11 World Trade Center
attacks showed how desperately unprepared the city was from an
information technology standpoint - and Washington is set to do
something about it.
"This country needs the equivalent of a National Guard for IT
professionals," said Silicon Alley honcho Andrew Rasiej, founder of the
charity MOUSE, which helps wire public schools.
While land and cell phones were overloaded, New Yorkers wandered the
city with pictures of missing relatives "like Kosovans," said Rasiej,
who found there was no easy way to use his tech skills when disaster
struck.
....
Rasiej's idea has raised the interest of Ron Wyden, the Oregonian who
chairs the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and
Space. He has written to tech leaders such as Bill Gates, Steve
Ballmer, Carly Fiorina, Lou Gerstner, Andy Grove and Steve Case,
inviting them to Washington next week for hearings on what could turn
into the National Emergency Technology Guard.
"
continued at
http://www.nypost.com/business/33118.htm
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 8 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 18, 2002 (14:52) * 9 lines
http://www.hackbusters.net/LaBrea.html
http://www.hackbusters.net/LaBrea/LaBrea.txt
"LaBrea is a small Linux-based application that puts unused
IP addresses on your network to use, creating a "tarpit" which can
stop or slow down scans of your address space. This paper details
the technical aspects of how LaBrea works as well as the
tactical advantages of deploying LaBrea on your network."
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 9 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 18, 2002 (14:54) * 36 lines
Sudan Bank Hacked, Bin Laden Info Found
By Ned Stafford, Newsbytes
MUNICH, GERMANY,
27 Sep 2001, 2:46 PM CST
A group of U.K.-based hackers has cracked computers at the AlShamal
Islamic Bank in Sudan and collected data on the accounts of the Al
Qaeda terrorist organization and its leader Osama bin Laden, Kim
Schmitz, a flamboyant German hacker/businessman, has claimed.
Schmitz, who has offered a $10 million reward for the capture of bin
Laden, told Newsbytes that the information has been turned over to the
FBI. Bin Laden, a millionaire Saudi exile whose base is now
Afghanistan, is suspected of being the driving force behind the deadly
Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with
hijacked planes.
....
The bank Schmitz claimed was hacked was mentioned Wednesday by Sen.
Carl Levin, D-Mich. during a Senate Banking Committee hearing.
According to CNN, Levin referred to a 1996 State Department report
that said bin Laden had provided the AlShamal Islamic Bank with $50
million in start-up capital.
....
Last week, Schmitz, who lives in Munich, posted letters on his Web
site rallying politicians to the cause of fighting terrorism and
offering his hacking expertise. "I received plenty of e-mails from
hackers around the world offering their services," he said.
Schmitz founded a group that numbers around 23 hackers called "Young
Intelligent Hackers Against Terror." He calls the group YIHAT, which is
similar to the word Jihad, which is Arabic for Holy War.
Schmitz said that last Friday, a Sudanese banker sent the group an
e-mail after reading about the $10 million reward, informing the
group that Al Qaeda and bin Laden have accounts at AlShamal Islamic
Bank.
"
continued
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170588.html
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 10 of 14: Wolf (wolf) * Sun, Jan 20, 2002 (23:31) * 1 lines
yeah, the cybernerds are being called to action (no offense, i consider myself a nerd)
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 11 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jun 26, 2002 (22:30) * 12 lines
]Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed. The new threat bears little resemblance to familiar financial disruptions by hackers responsible for viruses and worms. It comes instead at the meeting points of computers and the physical structures they control.
U.S. analysts believe that by disabling or taking command of the floodgates in a dam, for example, or of substations handling 300,000 volts of electric power, an intruder could use virtual tools to destroy real-world lives and property. They surmise, with limited evidence, that al Qaeda aims to employ those techniques in synchrony with "kinetic weapons" such as explosives.
more at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50765-2002Jun26.html
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 12 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 17, 2002 (10:25) * 33 lines
How does al-Qaida stay organised when its members are in hiding and
scattered across the world? Easy - it runs a website, says Paul Eedle
Wednesday July 17, 2002
The Guardian
For a secret organisation hunted by the intelligence services of the
most powerful nations on earth, al-Qaida has a remarkably public
face.
It is a website run by the Centre for Islamic Studies and Research.
Since the start of the war on terrorism, the site has been producing
hundreds of pages of material to rally support among radical Muslims,
scare the west and enable al-Qaida cells to operate independently of
Osama bin Laden and other leaders now in hiding.
The site is entirely in Arabic, which means that tens of millions of
people who hate American policies on the Middle East can read it, but
almost nobody in either the governments or the media of the west can
understand a word.
The website is central to al-Qaida's strategy to ensure that its war
with the US will continue even if many of its cells across the world
are broken up and its current leaders are killed or captured. The
site's
function is to deepen and broaden worldwide Muslim support, allowing
al-Qaida or successor organisations to fish for recruits, money and
political backing.
more@
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 13 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 17, 2002 (10:27) * 1 lines
So, should we bomb the isp that hosts it, or hack it to pieces?
Topic 62 of 107 [news]: computer terrorism in the post 9/11 world
Response 14 of 14: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Sep 20, 2002 (07:30) * 29 lines
September 18, 2002
UK Computer Programmer Held on Terror Charge
By REUTERS
Filed at 6:24 p.m. ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A British-based computer programmer has been
charged with allegedly collecting or possessing information which could
aid a terrorist attack, London police said Wednesday.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said Mohammed Abdullah Azam, 32, was
arrested Sunday in Luton, near London, where he lived.
The spokesman would not comment on whether any specific group or
target had been identified -- either inside or outside Britain -- but
said the information could have been used in a terrorist attack.
``He has been charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 with collection of
information of a kind likely to be useful to persons committing or
preparing an act of terrorism or that he had in his possession
documents or records containing information of that kind,'' the
spokesman said.
continued at
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-britain-arrest.html
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