Re: Terroristic attacks today

[James Puckett <jpuckett () ticom com>]

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:
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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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> 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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