Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4296-1011007371-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:26:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 7600 invoked by uid 510); 14 Jan 2002 11:23:03 -0000 Received: from n30.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.80) by all.net with SMTP; 14 Jan 2002 11:23:03 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4296-1011007371-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.163] by n30.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 14 Jan 2002 11:22:51 -0000 X-Sender: r_v_p@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 14 Jan 2002 11:22:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 90886 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2002 11:22:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m9.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Jan 2002 11:22:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web11602.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.172.54) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Jan 2002 11:22:51 -0000 Message-ID: <20020114112251.65021.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [203.94.240.10] by web11602.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:22:51 PST To: 4gw@yahoogroups.com, c4i@yahoogroups.com, c4i2@yahoogroups.com, pak-india@yahoogroups.com, india-pak@yahoogroups.com, iwar@yahoogroups.com, srijith@srijith.net From: Ravi V Prasad <r_v_p@yahoo.com> X-Yahoo-Profile: r_v_p Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 03:22:51 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] FBI probing GForce Pakistan who attacked USA & Israel via Taiwan Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Read the full story at http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=37595 Gulf News, Dubai, Saturday, January 12, 2002 Story by Abdullah Iqbal in Lahore. RVP ======================== Dubai:Saturday, January 12, 2002 FBI probing Pakistan-based hackers Lahore |By Abdullah Iqbal | 12-01-2002 A top-level investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Taiwanese officials is on into a group of Pakistani computer hackers who have again invaded the computers of a giant Taiwanese company GigaMedia. The computer 'invasion' is apparently part of another attempt to break into computer systems of the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of Defence using the Taiwanese system as a kind of "launch base". According to the Taiwanese media, the 'invasion' was detected recently and the information swiftly passed on to the U.S. Soon after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S., a warning had been sent by the group calling itself 'G-Force Pakistan' that it had acquired access to the U.S. Defence Department's computers, and was passing on "sensitive information and secrets" to the Al Qaida network. The U.S. officials have already contacted their counterparts in Pakistan to try and track down the group, and warned that their activities "could prove very dangerous". According to sources in Pakistan, the U.S. has been alarmed by the apparent threat to its computer network posed by the hackers. According to a source, "the U.S. planners have already believed terrorism in the future could take the shape of attacks on secure computer systems, including those holding secret information, and this seems to be a part of this". The U.S. experts also believe that, as per the messages left on computer systems and so on, the group "backs the Al Qaida and may even be working for it". Several U.S. websites were defaced in September 2001 by the group and similar attempts have been made again. It is unclear if they have succeeded. "The method apparently used is rather sophisticated, and the idea of utilising a mega-server in Taiwan is unique," said Kamran Asif, an experienced Lahore-based systems analyst, who researched the work of hackers for his thesis at a U.S. university. He also pointed out that often hackers "attempting such crimes" kept altering the computers and the phone lines they used, making it harder to trace the spot where they were based. "This is one of the reasons why crimes such as hacking pose such a potent threat," he explained. He also added that in his view, given the right level of expertise, and patience, "any computer system in the world can be broken into", including those maintained by top-security concerns. Investigations are said also to have established that the hackers are indeed based in Pakistan. Local investigation agencies, who have some information about the incident, but little direct knowledge, say they believe the U.S. wishes to investigate the matter "on its own for the moment". They also believe the hackers are based in a "major Pakistan city", but concede that tracking them down could prove "quite difficult". ......(continued) Read the full story at http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=37595 Gulf News, Dubai, Saturday, January 12, 2002 Story by Abdullah Iqbal in Lahore. RVP __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust Do you need to encrypt all your online transactions? 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