[IP] 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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>Location: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2126684,00.html
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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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