WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2001-09-19 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 9/19/2001 10:50:31 PM
Nerds hit Afghanistan before Navy Seals, Rangers & Green Berets
I think this is hilarious. Nerds Rock! The Nerds deserve some Purple Hearts
Jan
Hackers wage war on Taliban sites
REUTERS in San Francisco
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
In the days after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon,
hackers have waged war against sites linked to Afghanistan’s Taliban
rulers, while an anonymous virus pretending to offer new information on
the mayhem is infecting computers, according to security experts.
The official Web site of the Presidential Palace of Afghanistan
(www.afghangovernment.org) was taken offline after computer attackers sent
so many requests for information – in what is called a denial of service
attack – that the site became inaccessible to traffic, computer experts
said.
Other Taliban-related sites were defaced to include mock “Wanted” posters
of Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, whom the United States Government says is
the chief suspect in last week’s attacks that left thousands of people
dead, according to the Information Security newsletter, which tracks
internet security threats.
The US National Infrastructure Protection Centre (NIPC) warned that in
addition to politically motivated hacking, malicious hackers would attempt
to circulate documents that pretend to contain information on the attacks
but which are actually viruses.
Already a virus dubbed “WTC” was spreading that is a new version of the
“Life Stages” virus, NIPC said.
The virus, which arrives via an e-mail attachment in Microsoft Outlook,
purports to be a file about the World Trade Centre, but if opened the
program leaves behind documents and sends itself to others listed in the
recipient’s address book.
Plea for hacker peace
A major hacker group on Monday called for cyber peace and condemned the
rash of defacements to sites linked to the ruling Afghan Taliban party.
“We face this power of destruction and feel helpless. However, we believe
in the power of communication, a power that has always prevailed in the
end and is a more positive force than hatred,” Jens Ohlig, spokesman of
the Chaos Computer Club, said in a statement posted on the Web site of the
Germany-based group late last week.
A security expert said that while cyber vandalism was annoying, it did not
harm citizens as much as would attacks on the electronic systems used to
operate the nation’s transportation, financial and power systems.
“Political hactivism is different from cyber terrorism,” said Amit Yoran,
president Riptech, a security services provider and the former head of the
vulnerability assessment operation for the Defence Department’s computer
emergency response team.
The Chaos Computer Club issued its statement after meeting in Berlin to
mark its 20th anniversary. The group said the Internet should be used for
exchanging information, not fomenting hostility.
“Electronic communication infrastructures like the Internet are now
necessary to contribute to international understanding,” said Andy
Mueller-Maguhn, another Chaos Computer Club spokesman who also serves on
the board of directors for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN).
“In a situation like this, which is understandably tense, it’s simply not
acceptable to cut lines of communication and provide a stronger foundation
for ignorance,” Mr Mueller-Maguhn added.
The hacker group was among seven to oppose similar hacking and “cyber
wars” against the governments of Iraq and China in 1999.
http://technology.scmp.com/internet/ZZZBBWCVJRC.html