Cyberterrorism

Written by Administrator Saturday, 17 July 2010 09:52

In a July 11, 2010 online posting, an administrator of the Al-Faloja forum asserted that Al-Qaida’s “dangerous” English-language “Inspire” magazine "provoked" recent cyberattacks on the forum: "that and nothing else." He also asserted that “Inspire” magazine “is considered a unique transformation and a proactive hit in the history of the standing struggle between Kufr and faith; it even is a media martyrdom operation and I do not exaggerate in this description.” He promised an impending “good news of an audio attack that will highly pain you, through one of the media establishments, so await the slap and turn the other cheek for another.”

Administrators Warn of Infiltration of Al-Faloja Web Forum

Last Updated (Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:24) Written by Administrator Sunday, 11 July 2010 12:07

On July 2, 2010, the administrators of the Al-Faloja web forum warned that “enemies of Allah have stolen the account information of one of the Al-Faloja Islamic Forums administrators, and…caused havoc in the forums.” They urged forum members “out of courtesy and out of caution and concern to change” their “personal passwords”, although they “insured the forums and especially the copy that will be brought back…” In a June 9, 2010 posting on the Al-Faloja web forum, administrator Abu al-Aina’a al-Khorasani had warned of an “infiltration operation” targeting “the website of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan and the website of al-Sumood Magazine, which belongs to the Emirate.”

Al-Falluja Islamic Forum Lauds CIA Bomber

Last Updated (Wednesday, 20 January 2010 12:56) Written by Laith Alkhouri Monday, 04 January 2010 00:00

The Al-Falluja Islamic Forum, a prominent jihadist forum, issued a statement announcing that it “received happily and joyously the news about the martyrdom of our mujahid brother Abu Dujanah al-Khorasani”. Al-Khorasani, a notorious jihadi cyberactivist, has been identified as Jordanian national Hammam Khalil Abu Mallal al-Balawi, the perpetrator of a suicide bombing attack that killed eight people at a CIA base in the southeastern Afghan province of Khost. The Al-Falluja statement noted, “we are proud that this roaring lion graduated from the Jihadist media university that commenced numerous mujahideen brothers in every field and presented plenty of sacrifice.”

Taliban: "Why Are the Americans Closing Down Jihadi Media?"

Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Sunday, 26 April 2009 07:48

The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new communiqué from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) assailing purported American efforts to shut down Taliban web sites and radio stations. On April 18, 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported that “the Obama administration is starting a broad effort in Pakistan and Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from using radio stations and Web sites to intimidate civilians and plan attacks…As part of the classified effort, American military and intelligence personnel are working to jam the unlicensed radio stations in Pakistan's lawless regions on the Afghanistan border that Taliban fighters use to broadcast threats and decrees. U.S. personnel are also trying to block the Pakistani chat rooms and Web sites that are part of the country's burgeoning extremist underground.” In response, the Taliban asserted that the Americans "for the past four to five years have made widespread and continuous efforts to silence and foil these websites and stations." Moreover, according to the Taliban, "The Americans should feel really ashamed that despite their huge material strength and superiority they are [so] afraid of a few local Internet sites and FM radio stations, which cannot operate outside a 20 km radius, that the Pentagon intervenes and regards these limited and few sources as a great threat."

Jihad Website Financing 101

Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Evan Kohlmann Thursday, 09 April 2009 07:44

The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new post from online jihadi discussion forums about how to finance jihad-related websites without being "ensnared" in a trap by law enforcement: “If you [have] not gotten arrested yet, that does not mean you are not being monitored, and if your use of the electronic payments method has not brought you woes, then that does not mean it is safe...And the brothers missed these principles before, so it caused crises to the electronic Jihad...Here, we will learn from the previous generation, and we'll correct some of the meanings regarding the methods of electronic payments they had followed.” For example, according to the author, "do not ever pay through a credit card connected to you in any way, however distant or hard to trace the connection was."