A lonely wolf wages cyberwar

[Skybird]

I applaud this guy!

http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

The site is a bot-translation from German online edition of Die Welt, so do not wonder the strange language. Just think of it as something written by me

Lone wolves work faster, eat more and are harder to track and catch.

Sounds like he is delivering a determined fight.

[SteamWake]

Your link goes to the front page with at least 6 stories offered. You may want to narrow that down a bit.

As to cybertracking sometimes its easy...

At least 11 of the 17 members of the Afghan military who went AWOL from an Air Force base in Texas and are considered deserters by their nation have turned up in the exact place you'd expect to find them in the year 2010.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/25...d-on-facebook/

[Skybird]

Strange, I am now locked-out and can't enter the translated site at all. Google accuses me of sending automatted requests, although I am currently not connected to them at all and was able to call up the site in the first try.

The German title is "Hacker macht Jagd auf Online-Dschihadisten", that translates into "Hacker chases online-jihadists".

[krashkart]

EDIT


Never mind. The link takes you to the same page no matter what.


Skybird, wait a few minutes before trying to translate that page again. You're going too fast and it tricks the server into thinking you are a bot.

[Skybird]

Google Translation is FUBAR for me now. I used babble fish:

A mysterious hacker makes hunt for Islamist Internet sites successful for months. It calls itself „the Joker “, and hardly an Internet site, on which radical Islamics spread their propaganda, is safe before it. From fear of revenge the man wants to call neither its name nor otherwise any data his identity to make. Most prominent victims of the hacker are the Libyan of dictator Muammar Al-Gaddafi and the Taliban. On 14 June „the Joker attacked this yearly “to the repetitive mark the official Taliban Internetpräsenz. „Switched off for 30 minutes, due to on-line causing of young Muslims the Dschihad by force “, so the judgement of the hacker, who boasts over Twitter with its successes. At the end of February announced „the Joker “, it the Internet site by of Libya head of state Gaddafi chopped and one hour off long switches. Reason for it is Gaddafis „call to the Dschihad against Switzerland “, wrote the hacker. In order to put the representatives of on-line Dschihad out of action, „the Joker uses “a particularly created software. It lets the dschihadistischen Internet platforms break down within a few minutes and scolded it off. How long the terror sides off-lines remain, „the Joker “decides.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: If you to describe itself would have: Who are you?

Joker: I am a former military member. That is everything that I can betray.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: What exact do you make?

Joker: I want to disturb the Internet activities of the jihadists. They have understood that they recruit so-called „home grown terrorists “completely over the Internet, to train and to steer be able. The Web recruitment aims at young, technically experienced Muslims off, the iPod generation. If these Internet sites are no longer trustworthy, the number of the potenziellen recruits sinks. For safety-relevant reasons it would be stupid from me to surrender too much information about me.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Why do you attack aimed Islamist Internet sites and forums?

Joker: I attack Websites, which operate Dschihad propaganda, recruitment, training and organization. They represent not only a threat in the Internet, but also the largest single threat for the material world. If one makes these methods of terror communication unreliable, they become useless, ineffective tools.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: When do you have to chop begun Dschihad web pages?

Joker: I began this campaign at the 1.Januar 2010.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: What is your motivation?

Joker: Mainly because no different one takes the threat seriously. It gives many bloggers and to safety analysts, who make a good job during the passive reporting, but I prefer a more direct approach. That I, serves each attack twittere to undermine the moral of the web page operators. In addition it draws the attention of the anti-terror authorities to it.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: To you are the political events in the material conflict areas are admitting or are interested you only in the Internet threat?

Joker: As an ex soldier I know very exactly, what happens in the conflict areas. Since I do not stand for no more on the pay roll of the government, I understand ever more strongly that the Internet becomes very fast the next front line - a very material battleground. The threats in the Internet are often identical to those in the material world, because the Internet more and more is integrated in the infrastructures and business systems. These will be the next goals of terrorists, with high value and little risk for the aggressors.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Was there a certain event, which released your interest to attack Dschihad Websites?

Joker: No, there was no certain event. With view of the messages I noticed that ever more domestic terror plans were implemented by radicalized citizens of the respective country of destination. I came in the end that she recruits over the Internet, to be trained and steered, because it is cheaply and relatively safe. Thus I began to investigate little. The remainder is history.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Which was the first Dschihad website, which let you fall?

Joker: The first goal was the website of the Afghan Taliban. It served for it propaganda to spread and for Dschihad by force call. I switched the side off on 1 January 2010 the first time. Since many people on Websites make me for this time attentively, which I examine then for its danger, before they land on my hit list.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Why did you scold dschihadistische Internet sites only for a limited period off?

Joker: I could switch many off permanently, but that would be irresponsible, because many official anti-terror authorities are dependent on these sides, in order to arrive at information.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Can be observed, which effect has your activities on Dschihad propaganda?

Joker: Yes, it donates confusion. If the Internet site operators must examine everything and everyone doubly, you obstruct procedure. Some sides switched themselves off, because they look for loopholes in the system and analyze a log files around further hits to prevent. While this happens, the sides for the jihadists are not callable.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: What is your final goal?

Joker: At first it was only one challenge, but it became more serious. After I unite murder threats got, I decided to continue and me actively new goals search. The long-term goal is to play with the servers, systems and methods of on-line Islamics until they do not know any longer, whom it trust can. Thus the Internet becomes the ineffective tools for it.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Why did you spare the most influential Dschihad forum so far?

Joker: I am glad that this question is asked to me. By not attacking certain sides, but however different one hard meets, drives I on-line jihadists together. The people let themselves be diverted easily if a web page again and again on and off-lines are. They move away to more trustworthy sides. This creates a funnel effect and drives it into a smaller area, which one can supervise more easily.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Do Dschihad thepropagandists have fear of you and your actions?

Joker: My message is quite simple: If on-line Islamics scared are not - super. That makes means job simpler. If they are scared - are further scared, because that was still for a long time not everything. Is waiting, until they get a load of, which smolders still in my programming pot.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Are you supported by governments or secret services?

Joker: For the moment I do not work completely alone, I have any connections or relations with any government authorities.

WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Are you disappointed that the US Government, which CIA or others do not support your work?

Joker: Simple answer: No. Lonely wolves work faster, eat more and are more difficult to pursue and catch.
WORLD ON-LINE ONE: Do you have contact to other people, which chop Dschihad web pages?
Joker: I do not have a contact to other hackers. I work alone. Like that it is many safer.

Surprising, in a way, that translation technology still is that rudimentary, considering the other magical things we see on the internet.

[krashkart]

The translation is still clear enough to get a good picture of what he's doing.

[mookiemookie]

"You guys might not know this but I consider myself a bit of a loner. I tend to think of myself as a one man wolf pack."

[TLAM Strike]

By shutting down these sites this guy could be preventing the NSA and FBI from reading what is being posted on them and running their own counter-ops.

Best to leave it to the professionals.

[krashkart]

Ayuh. He's trying to corral them into a larger concentration.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

By shutting down these sites this guy could be preventing the NSA and FBI from reading what is being posted on them and running their own counter-ops.

Best to leave it to the professionals.

Read again. He says right for that reason he does not shut them down forever. He just spreads unsecurity and funnels people into smaller number of places that are easier to monitor. He is very much aware of your concerns. Also, he claims to be an ex professional with experience from actual locations, so...

He reminds me a bit of a border collie not biting and killing the sheep, but making them move into the wanted direction by showing them his teeth and his fast running that leaves them only one dircton to move.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

"a one man wolf pack."

Sounds - schizophrenic!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Sounds - schizophrenic!

Sounds like STEED!!