Return-Path: <sentto-279987-5124-1028690904-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); Tue, 06 Aug 2002 20:29:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4240 invoked by uid 510); 7 Aug 2002 03:27:09 -0000 Received: from n17.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.72) by all.net with SMTP; 7 Aug 2002 03:27:09 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-5124-1028690904-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.95] by n17.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 07 Aug 2002 03:28:25 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 7 Aug 2002 03:28:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 32690 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2002 03:28:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 7 Aug 2002 03:28:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Aug 2002 03:28:24 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g773SZ424444 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 20:28:35 -0700 Message-Id: <200208070328.g773SZ424444@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 20:28:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Activists'.Names.Listed.in.Hackers'.Terror.E-mail] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=DIFFERENT_REPLY_TO version=2.20 X-Spam-Level: Activists' Names Listed in Hackers' Terror E-mail Date: Monday, 05 August 2002 <a href="http://www.ds-osac.org/edb/cyber/news/story.cfm?KEY=8648">http://www.ds-osac.org/edb/cyber/news/story.cfm?KEY=8648> Source: Toronto Star Story: A Yale professor listed on an E-mail advocating terrorism, which also names a Toronto activist, says he's been the target of computer hackers. Titled "Down with USA," the E-mail links activists for Palestinian human rights with terrorists, leaving those named exposed to threats and harassment. The E-mail asks people who "seek the destruction of the evil U.S. and her democratic (anti-Islamic) allies" to contact those on the list for help. "When you need financial, legal or logistical support to continue the fight against the Infidel Christian United States or the Infidel Jewish Israel, all of these honourable people are ready and willing to help immediately," the e-mail says. Nineteen people are listed, along with E-mail addresses and telephone numbers. Two Canadians are on the list, including Mughir al-Hindi, a Toronto co-ordinator for the Palestine Right to Return Coalition. The E-mail is bogus, says Mazin Qumsiyeh, media co-ordinator and co-founder of the coalition and an associate professor of genetics at Yale University, who is also on the list. The "Down with USA" E-mail is just another instalment in a long nightmare for Qumsiyeh that began this summer. But it was when the computer system at Yale University was hacked that he became concerned. Nearly 2,000 E-mails were sent out with Qumsiyeh's forged e-mail address, along with a message asking for a boycott of Israeli goods, Qumsiyeh said. "It looked like I was spamming political messages and using not only my E-mail address at Yale, but also my position at Yale to give it credibility," he said. Although Yale information security sent out a message saying he was a victim of hacking, the E-mail campaign continued. Fifteen to 20 different E-mails circulated over the summer with his name attached, he said. The most recent elicited more than 20 telephone calls and E-mails with messages such as "Death to Arabs," and "You're a terrorist," he said. The Palestine coalition is a non-profit, educational and charitable organization that does not support terrorist groups financially or otherwise and is against violence and suicide bombings, said Qumsiyeh. "If we were otherwise we would be a clandestine operation, not out in the open. That's the idiocy of these attacks," he said of the E-mails. He approached the FBI after the Yale hacker struck, but was told it wasn't illegal to spam. Only after the "Down with USA" e-mail and subsequent threats did the agency begin to investigate. But here in Canada, al-Hindi says he is not concerned and so hasn't made a complaint. "This isn't new for us," he said of being targeted for his activism. "We sometimes get angry E-mails." Since the "Down with USA" E-mail, he's had people call and hang up after saying his name. "It's harassment but I don't consider them threats," he said. "I'm used to it." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? 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