Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 06:17 PM Oct 2015

Hacker's Kill List Shows ISIS 'Crowdsourcing Terrorism'

The case of a hacker who allegedly provided ISIS with a "kill list" Americans — ranging from diplomats to lowly bureaucrats, according to an NBC News review — shows that online intrusions can put a lot more than your credit rating at risk.

That was the message Friday from the Justice Department's top counter-terrorism prosecutor, who said in a speech that "crowdsourcing terrorism" is a new phenomenon — and a real threat.

"Hackers a world away can intrude into our homes with the push of a button, to steal from us, to gather intelligence that can be used against us, and even to try hurt or kill us," John Carlin said at the Roger Williams University Law School in Providence, Rhode Island.

"We have long warned about the convergence of terrorism and the cyber threat, but this case is a first of its kind."

Carlin's comments came a day after the Justice Department charged Ardit Ferizi, a Kosovo hacker living in Malaysia, with giving ISIS 1,351 out of 100,000 names stolen from the Phoenix server of an unnamed U.S. retailer. A social media guru for the terror group disseminated it with the threat to "strike at your neck in your own lands."

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hackers-kill-list-shows-isis-crowdsourcing-terrorism-n446136




Kosovo ‘Islamic State’ Hacker’s Family ‘is Pro-American’

The father of Ardit Ferizi, who was arrested in Malaysia for allegedly breaking into a US company's computer system, taking the personal details of more than 1,300 US military and government staff and passing them to an Islamic State militant, admitted on Friday that his son had been in trouble for hacking before.

“It’s true that since 15 years of age, my son has had problems with the police because he interfered in some internet sites in Kosovo, but I don’t believe that he is such a genius as to endanger the national security of America,” Naim Ferizi told BIRN.

He said that the family from the western Kosovo town of Gjakova was shocked by the arrest of Ardit Ferizi, who is accused by the US of being the leader of a hacking group called Kosova Hacker’s Security.

“Today’s news has terrified us as a family. My son may be a genius in computer science but he cannot get into the system of the most secure and democratic country in the world in order to take information,” he said.

He also insisted that the family has no links with Islamic State but instead admires the US.

“We are a traditional Albanian family, educated, and we are pro the American state and we apply every year for the Green Card,” he said.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-islamic-state-hacker-s-family-is-pro-american-1-10-16-2015#.ViJxxLzGRt8.twitter

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Hacker's Kill List Shows ...