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Old 07-30-2002
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Haxorz attack Al-Qaida Web Site
Man Hijacks Al-Qaida Web Site
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2002Jul30.html
By D. Ian Hopper AP Technology Writer July 30, 2002
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WASHINGTON –– When Web operator Jon Messner gained control of one of al-Qaida's prime Internet communication sites, he offered it to the FBI to use it for disinformation and collecting data about sympathizers.

What followed, he says, was a week of frustration. FBI agents struggled to find someone with enough technical know-how to set up the sting. By the time they did, the opportunity was lost as militant Islamic Web users figured out the site was a decoy, said Messner of Ocean City, Md.

Messner used a software program that probes Web site addresses whose registrations are about to lapse, meaning the address will go into a pool available for sale. When it did, Messner snapped it up and filled the site with Web pages from the original Arabic site.
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Old 07-31-2002
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Makes you wonder about the resources of the FBI, doesn't it.
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Old 07-31-2002
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Yes it does, they want to do it "in-house" but I'd recruit Haxorz if I was in that position.
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Old 07-31-2002
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Just the thought of Haxorz with badges gives me the eeby-jeebies! It would be interesting, though.
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Old 07-31-2002
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God knows how many white-hats there are working for the government today, doing God knows what

I thought someone had defaced the site...But apparently not...

Interesting that there was no link provided
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Old 08-02-2002
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Maybe if we can convince them that Al-Qaida is in fact a file sharing program, they can get the RIAA sharks to help them.
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