Sauron

I knew something was up when I couldn't reach the site....

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...jazeera25.html

Al-Jazeera Web site under hacking attack, host says

Hackers attacked the Web site of Arab satellite television network Al-Jazeera today, rendering it intermittently unavailable, the site's host said.

The newly launched English-language page, which went live Monday, was hardest hit in a bombardment of data packets known as a denial-of-service attack.

Ayman Arrashid, Internet system administrator at the Horizons Media and Information Services, the site's Web host, said the attack began Tuesday morning local time.

Nabil Hegazi, assistant to the managing editor of the English Web site, denied that an attack was the reason the site was unavailable. He said it was difficult to access because of traffic that was almost four times more than expected.

The Web host is based in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The servers that host the Al-Jazeera site are in France and the United States. Only the U.S. servers were under attack, said Arrashid, so the attackers were likely in the United States.

GodBlessAmerica

I dont get it, none of those words I consumed from that article points to the US Govt being the web attackers. What made you ask that question? Im just curious

Let me elaborate: DoS is a widely used method by hackers to bring down networks. In my opinion, after a successful breach into one's network, the US military has much more thing to do other than trying to bring it down.

Sauron

Because it's exactly what I would expect out of this administration.

Also note the US govt's continued complaints about Al-Jazeera showing captured pilots, victims of US bombings, etc.

And finally, note the recent expulsion of 2 Al-Jazeera reporters from the NYSE. Why? Because they didn't like how the war was being covered.

I did ask it as a question....but I am more than halfway convinced that this is a deliberate US govt act.

Happy Wonderer

Although I'll agree that the hackers are probably in the US because of the political situation, the fact that the US servers were attacked means nothing about the origin of the attack. US servers of major corporations have been hacked by foreign hackers -- the wonder of the internet is that you can launch a DOS attack on anyone from anywhere.

I'd say it is probably hacker kids thinking that they are being patriotic.

What concerns me more is that Al-Jazeera was kicked out of the New York Stock exchange because we don't like their coverage.

HW

GodBlessAmerica

Sauron, Im sorry to disappoint you but it sounded like a hacker done that out of personal interest. Any experienced hacker can do it.

echidna

Sauron, doesn't this imply that the hackers are non-government aligned ? I would have thought the US administration powerful enough not to restrict itself only to US servers.

ybnormal

Sauron, Im sorry to disappoint you but it sounded like a hacker done that out of personal interest. Any experienced hacker can do it.

When looking for any type of suspect, one always looks to motive... with Bush having completely lost the propaganda war to a ?dead man, please tell me who could possibly have more of a motive than those who possibly killed him? It probably was a patriotic hacker, but until I KNOW otherwise, I'll stick to the most obvious suspects thank you very much.

And repeating what I just now said on another thread... I lost all respect for Colin Powel during an official visit to Qatar just as the Afghanistan bombing campaign was getting started and he told them that they should shut Al Jazeera down. (that alone makes these guys the prime suspects)


I would have thought the US administration powerful enough not to restrict itself only to US servers.

True, but then again, they have clearly demonstrated that they don't give a crap about anyone else in the entire world other than the brain dead macho American VOTERS who cheer them on this path of distruction.

GodBlessAmerica

DoS attacks dont make any permanent damage to the server. Why would the military do such an immature act?

ybnormal

OK! Now, I have to admit that you have a better argument there... but I also must say that nothing can compare with the insane immaturity that I have witnessed over the past month from this little boy president who's playing this video death game with his deranged handlers and military pushers. I doubt that any of them have had the guts to tell him yet, that he's actually killing people every time he pushes one of those curious little buttons. Like, "Hey, what does this red one do? I like the thunder sound it makes. Whoopee! He blowed up real good. Hey, can I get a bigger TV screen?"

Defiant Heretic

I'd like to clarify something here. The people you are referring to are crackers, not hackers.

This is a common misconception, but I would appreciate it if you made an effort to use the correct term in the future.

The following explains the difference.
Hackers Do Not Break, They Build