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The "unprecedented" cyber-attack on French television channel TV5Monde represents a major "step up" in the Internet warfare being waged by highly specialised jihadist hackers, experts said Thursday.
Since January's three-day Islamist attacks in Paris that killed 17 people, hackers have launched hundreds of assaults on French websites, from denial of service attacks that snarl up web traffic to full-scale hacks.
But taking over a television channel and blocking programming—as happened to TV5Monde—is another matter entirely, experts believe, an "unprecedented" attack, according to the station's boss Yves Bigot.
http://phys.org/news/2015-04-french-tv-hack-cyberjihadism.html
(Score: 5, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday April 11 2015, @07:13AM
Excuse me for some serious reflection on the topic at hand. The total hysteria about "westerners" being "radicalized" and going off to "jihad" with the puppets of the Saudi Royal family just makes me laugh. The US FBI has apprehended a potential threat, who turns out to be severely challenged mentally. Seriously? This is the best the FBI can come up with? I guess it is better than the Sears Tower in Florida conspiracy. But then there is the real point.
Do the idiots in charge of national security (you know, the ones that thought Edward Snowden would be a good spook!) actually think that if any of us watch a few videos and slanted news reports, we will suddenly go all jihad on their asses? I tend to think it would take a bit more than that, like said intel agencies spying on me and thinking I am the enemy for no good reason. The enemy of those who think I am their enemy is my friend? So. yeah, totally cool with cutting heads off and "marrying" at least four misguided teenage girls, all for the establishment of a Caliphate. (BTW, last one was Turkey, and they sucked so bad that Kemal Ataturk, probably related to the Kardashians, overthrew them and established a real government.)
So just think, if the Cyberjihadis just can get their message out to all of us, we will see how decadent western society is, and decide that the medieval Wahabist interpretation of Islam is the way to go. See what happens when you let oil determine your religion? Time to overthrow the House of Saud. Bring it down. Parlementary Democracy, even if it is dominated by Yeminis.
And what is up with the French? Are they acutally that weak-minded? Or, god forbid, did they just colonize one too many Muslim countries? Viva Algiers!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2015, @08:34AM
> Do the idiots in charge of national security
Why Doesn’t the Intelligence Community Care Whether Its Surveillance Programs Work? [defenseone.com]
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday April 11 2015, @10:58AM
So the summary is.. All threats are to be handled by huge costly programs which will go ahead without any evaluation of what would be efficient nor if it is efficient. There will be a lot of side effects and systematic entanglements.
The point of those programs must to be to enrich some people.
(Score: 2) by Jiro on Saturday April 11 2015, @02:09PM
The percentage of Muslims in France is much larger than in the US (although the absolute numbers aren't that different) and that affects how likely they are to become radicalized. You're probably right that the FBI is making up the threat in the USA, but France is not the USA.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by VortexCortex on Saturday April 11 2015, @06:24PM
xcuse me for some serious reflection on the topic at hand. The total hysteria about "westerners" being "radicalized" and going off to "jihad" with the puppets of the Saudi Royal family just makes me laugh. The US FBI has apprehended a potential threat, who turns out to be severely challenged mentally. Seriously? This is the best the FBI can come up with?
Yes. Because they have to create terrorist events via scaremongering in order to manufacture consent for their actions.
Do the idiots in charge of national security (you know, the ones that thought Edward Snowden would be a good spook!) actually think that if any of us watch a few videos and slanted news reports, we will suddenly go all jihad on their asses?
No, but this is the narrative they need in order to arrest anyone they want for any reason they want and claim them to be (cyber)terrorists.
I tend to think it would take a bit more than that, like said intel agencies spying on me and thinking I am the enemy for no good reason.
They've done that to me, and far worse, including what can only be described as torture, and it didn't make me want to attack them. It just gave me valuable counter intelligence of their capabilities and weaknesses, and more evidence for my insurance files -- which may come in handy some day if the corruption of the legal system is ever reduced enough for me to haul their traitorous asses to court, as some innocent citizens of the past have done after being targeted for abuse under MKULTRA.
The enemy of those who think I am their enemy is my friend?
No, I'm more of a patriot than any dumbass in the government agencies working against me; I've found this is true for most American citizens. Those abusing the powers we granted them are destroying our nation, its security, and its values; This causes me to stand even more firmly against this, not to participate in the destruction.
So. yeah, totally cool with cutting heads off and "marrying" at least four misguided teenage girls, all for the establishment of a Caliphate. (BTW, last one was Turkey, and they sucked so bad that Kemal Ataturk, probably related to the Kardashians, overthrew them and established a real government.)
It would be silly to take geopolitical events at face value having mentioned agencies who specialize in covert destabilization operations in the same breath. Few targeted by the surveillance state are anti-government extremists, but rather they are those who stand to disrupt the false narratives and expose corruption -- And in that respect, you've already taken the first step by realizing that National Security doesn't seem to be concerned with the security of a nation's people. Those charged with preserving National Security are not inept, it's just that the term means something very different than what you've been led to believe.
So just think, if the Cyberjihadis just can get their message out to all of us, we will see how decadent western society is, and decide that the medieval Wahabist interpretation of Islam is the way to go.
No, but for example, if you look at the "ISIS" beheading videos you might notice little details like lack of blood pressure in freshly severed arteries, knives cutting through neck bones like butter, or dismembered heads being too large for the bodies they're photoshopped atop, etc. Then you might begin to resent the propagandists who are manufacturing a reason to arm anti-Assad "freedom fighters" while manufacturing consent for military action through portrayals of attacks on citizens of your country. You might even begin to distrust the mainstream media lies, and seek to spread your discoveries which refute the propaganda. In your search to explain the state of things you may even discover that the Smith Mundt act was modified in 2013 specifically to allow blatantly false propaganda to be used against US citizens. It might occurr to you that state control of media has been going on for quite a while. [youtube.com] If enough people did fact checking and research of the "terrorist threat" beyond the narrative served via mainstream media it could be very bad for "National Security" (which means: Maintaining a nation's status quo even against the will of its citizens). They might begin to diminish the ability to manipulate the people through propaganda, and thus become a threat to National Security.
See what happens when you let oil determine your religion?
s/religion/foreign policy/
And what is up with the French? Are they acutally that weak-minded? Or, god forbid, did they just colonize one too many Muslim countries? Viva Algiers!
They are targeted by propaganda and false flag operations as well. History has shown that governments will readily sacrifice a few innocent citizens (especially troublesome ones that mock propaganda) in order to manufacture consent for power grabs, policy change, or war. In fact, this is what leads to most revolutions, including the American Revolution.
If you want a better understanding of what is happening in the world around you then talk to some foreigners from targeted countries for context (some are aware of some disparity between your news and their reality), and read a few books on 4th generation warfare. [wikipedia.org] The latter explains the mechanisms being used against the world's citizens. Knowledge is power, so be wary of those who seek knowledge while denying the same to you.
Perhaps now you may see why even Games have come under propagandistic attack...