[iwar] FBI probing GForce Pakistan who attacked USA & Israel via Taiwan

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Subject: [iwar] FBI probing GForce Pakistan who attacked USA & Israel via Taiwan
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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

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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

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