All, Something important for all the patriotic script kiddies out there to think about, if you really want to do your nation a favor, lock your desktop, then go out and donate blood. -james On Wednesday 12 September 2001 12:44, Ben N. Venzke wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A number of "hackers" have begun calling for and attacking both Arab > nation state networks and terrorist related sites. If they begin to > meet with some success we can expect a significant response along the > lines of the attacks by pro-Palestinian actors during the > Israeli-Palestinian Cyber Conflict almost a year ago. > > As I sit here passing my 28th non-stop hour, the physical terrorism > aspect is more than enough to track and deal with. The cyber > component is the last thing we need to deal with. It is unfortunately > something I believe we will end up seeing, either in relation to the > above or in response to any possible future retaliatory actions by > the US. > > > - Ben Venzke > > >* > >----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rich Puhek" <rpuhekat_private> > > >To: <incidentsat_private> > >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 2:45 PM > >Subject: Terroristic attacks today > > > >> Has anyone seen, or does anyone anticipate any security threats on the > >> Internet or Internet-based attacks on any given targets in connection > >> with this mornings terroristic attacks on the World Trade Center and > >> the Pentagon? > >> > >> I hadn't considered the possibility, assuming that parties that would > >> fly planes into buildings aren't likely to be interested in writing > >> viruses. We did have one customer voluntarily disable their Internet > >> connection for the next 24-hours out of concern for "viruses". They > >> said something about a warning from the FBI. The FBI's website is > >> apparantly > >> > > > unreachable (or overloaded) at the moment. > > - -- > > ______________________ > IntelCenter > Voice (703) 370-2962 > Fax (703) 370-1571 > Email - informationat_private > Web - http://www.intelcenter.com > PGP Public Key - available upon request > > PO Box 22572 > Alexandria, VA 22304-9257 > USA > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.2 > > iQA/AwUBO5+Q5/76H8QHdGcYEQLnnQCdGwv1LR040nX8ud+pBnNcnJOSKnQAnj2W > t4bQfRwLlHJcLUKRZZ1Xfy2g > =CPZo > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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