RE: Terroristic attacks today

["Ben N. Venzke" <bvenzke () tempestco com>]

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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


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Puhek" <rpuhek () etnsystems com>
> To: <incidents () securityfocus com>
> 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.
> >

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