IP: Internet War leads to ATT Boycott

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>From: "smiles" <fsmiles@613.org>
>To: <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
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>Boycott of AT&T underway in the USA
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>from http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/israelwire/
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>(IsraelWire-10/30) As a direct result of the news that the US
>telecommunications giant AT&T was being contracted by the Israel Defense
>Force to assist in efforts to control the ongoing cyber war in Israel,
>anti-Israel elements in the United States are undertaking efforts to
>persuade persons to change their long-distance telephone carrier and send
>letters of protest to AT&T.
>
>Persons opposed to Israel's response to the ongoing Arab violence and
>attacks over the past month has indicated the IDF's official website
>(http://www.idf.il/ ) was "justifying Israel's killing of innocent
>Palestinians by Israeli security forces."
>
>The IDF called upon AT&T after hackers in the ongoing war that is gaining
>momentum in Israel, downed its site. On Sunday morning, pro-Israel elements
>were credited with knocking out the site of the Hizbullah guerilla
>organization, while last week, the official website of the Ministry of
>Foreign Affairs was also downed by hackers. It was also confirmed that the
>official Knesset website came under attack.
>
>Israel's largest Internet Service Provider (ISP), Netvision, is working
>around-the-clock to improve security and build an appropriate firewall.
>Netvision houses the sites that were attacked last week and increased
>hacking activities from both sides of the political fence are expected as
>the violence in Israel continues.
>
>http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/israelwire/