“You’ll see no mercy, infidels. We are already here, we are
in your PCs, in each house, in each office. With Allah’s permission we begin
with Albuquerque.”
That was the ominous message posted by someone purporting to
be affiliated with the Islamic State who apparently hacked the app of New
Mexico’s largest newspaper, the Albuquerque Journal, and threatened Albuquerque
residents on Wednesday morning.
The posting was accompanied by the headline, “Christmas will
never be merry any longer” and a dark photo of a figure wearing a
black-and-white checkered head scarf. Text in the middle of the photo read
“CyberCaliphate” and “I love you isis” [sic].
The post also stated, “While the us [sic] and its satellites
are bombing the Islamic State, we broke into your home networks and personal
devices and know everything about you.”
The hacker told Albuquerque residents, “You will look around
more often, will call up your children more often, think of your security more
often, but that won’t help you.”
The website shut down for several hours while the posting
was removed.
The
Journal posted a note on its website confirming the attack. It also stated that the FBI has been notified and “there
was no data breach.”
Information Systems Director Monty Midyette said the
alterations appeared to be limited to just one story.
News outlets have been reporting for months that ISIS has
planned a “cyber caliphate” against U.S. technology using encrypted software.
In September, the FBI warned of possible cyber attacks in
retaliation for U.S. air strikes against ISIS.
NBC
News reported the FBI released a bulletin to law
enforcement and U.S. businesses that cited “recent nonspecific and probably
aspirational threats made on social media platform to carry out cyber as well
as physical attacks in response to the U.S. military presence in the Middle
East.”
The FBI warned that such attacks could include “messages
expressing support for ISIS and/or … imagery such as the black ISIS flag or
graphic imagery, e.g. pictures or videos of ISIS executions.”
Some Islamic militants have boasted
online that they will soon be capable of attacking America’s infrastructure or
financial system, according
to Fox News.
“The jihadists are investing a lot in encryption
technologies, and they have developed their own software to protect their
communications, and when Western agencies work out how to crack them, they
adapt quickly,” Steve Stalinsky, executive director of the Middle East Media
Research Institute, told Fox News in September. “They are forward-thinking and
are experimenting with hacking. In the future, the jihadist cyber army’s
activities will become a daily reality.”
Also in September, National Security Agency Director Michael
Rogers said he has been observing the cyber capabilities of the media-savvy
terrorist group.
Rogers told a cybersecurity conference in Washington, D.C.,
“We need to assume that there will be a cyber dimension increasingly in almost
any scenario that we’re dealing with. Counterterrorism is no different.
Clearly, [ISIS] has been very aggressive in the use of media, in the use of
technology, in the use of the Internet.”
Source:http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/isis-hacks-u-s-news-site-we-are-already-here/
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