Al-Qaeda Hacker Caught

anaesthetica writes "The Washington Post is carrying a story on a young man suspected to be the al-Qaeda hacker 'Irhabi 007'. From the article: 'Celebrated for his computer expertise, Irhabi 007 had propelled the jihadists into a 21st-century offensive through his ability to covertly and securely disseminate manuals of weaponry, videos of insurgent feats such as beheadings and other inflammatory material... The Internet has presented investigators with an extraordinary challenge. But our future security is going to depend increasingly on identifying and catching the shadowy figures who exist primarily in the elusive online world.'"

Comments

Wonderful.

[ImaNihilist]

Now we have to worry about people driving car bombs into ISPs. It's like DDoS attacks, evolved.

Irhabi 007

[Anonymous Coward]

Goat's milk. Shaken, not stirred.

just copyright one of the recordings

[bxbaser]

and let the riaa go after him.

Re:The Net is SO scary!

[Milton Waddams]

Packets of data don't scare me.

You've obviously never seen tubgirl before.

Re:Hacker? How about script kiddie?

[SetupWeasel]

Good. Too bad you haven't caught that Osama guy or that #2 guy we almost catch every time Bush's polls are down.

Re:Hacker? How about script kiddie?

[LilGuy]

Wait... aren't his polls at their lowest right now? That must mean we're at least within 5 caves...