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Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master

NRT-0234 Electronic Jihad - Cyberterrorism for the Masses:

Although cyberterrorism has been around since the Internet reached the mainstream more than a decade ago, a relatively new web-based application offers Islamic jihadis a way for even the relatively nontechnical to target and attack web sites perceived to be anti-Islamic. The "Electronic Jihad Program" is part of the long-term vision jihadi web site Al-jinan.org has of using the internet as a weapon, something that affects any organization that relies on the web. Electronic Jihad allows users to target specific IP addresses for attack in order to take any servers running at those IP addresses offline. One expert notes, "In the past, different jihadi groups practiced cyberattacks on anti-Islamic websites, but they were never able to sustain a long, organized campaign." "With the spreading use of the internet in the Arab and Islamic world, the number of users engaged in some form of electronic jihad is likely to increase substantially," he added.

(iTnews 03JUL07)

Last Modified: Sunday, 22-Jul-2007 09:01:17 EDT