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Clinton says US has hacked al-Qaeda websites in Yemen
Source: Associated Press
Clinton says US has hacked al-Qaeda websites in Yemen
By Kimberly Dozier, The Associated Press / May 23, 2012
The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida — hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen.
In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says cyber experts based at the State Department hacked Yemeni tribal websites, replacing al-Qaida propaganda that bragged about killing Americans.
"Within 48 hours, our team plastered the same sites with altered versions of the ads that showed the toll al-Qaida attacks have taken on the Yemeni people," Clinton said Wednesday.
In response, "Extremists are publicly venting their frustration and asking supporters not to believe everything they read on the Internet," she said.
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By Kimberly Dozier, The Associated Press / May 23, 2012
The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida — hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen.
In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says cyber experts based at the State Department hacked Yemeni tribal websites, replacing al-Qaida propaganda that bragged about killing Americans.
"Within 48 hours, our team plastered the same sites with altered versions of the ads that showed the toll al-Qaida attacks have taken on the Yemeni people," Clinton said Wednesday.
In response, "Extremists are publicly venting their frustration and asking supporters not to believe everything they read on the Internet," she said.
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Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0523/Clinton-says-US-has-hacked-al-Qaeda-websites-in-Yemen
