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Israel, Palestine Wage Web War

Posted by kdawson on from the spilling-over dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A war has erupted on the Internet between Israel and Palestine, alongside the war being fought on the ground in Gaza. A new report claims that a group called the 'DNS Team' has defaced an Israeli Website, with anti-Israel graphical images — one in a series of instances of 'e-vandalism.' This sort of e-vandalism, says the author, is not only an inconvenience for Webmasters, but many of the images contain malware links and 'redirects or Flash links to Jihadist forums or blogs.' However, while the Jihadist forums are registered in Saudi Arabia, they are hosted by companies like Layered Tech and SoftLayer in Plano, Texas. On the Israeli side, 'A fascinating approach over the last few days is being made by an Israeli Website, "Help Israel Win," which provides a download so your PC can become part of a worldwide pro-Israeli botnet. So far 7,786 have joined, already a fairly powerful global computing force...'"

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  1. Oh boy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In before shitstorm.

    1. Re:Oh boy... by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

      Naw, this conversation about the Middle East will be totally different from the last three or four we've had. Mark my works: Peace will break out in the Middle East and it will eventually be traced back to this one slashdot discussion ;)

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  2. Beware of joining any of these Botnets! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The EULAs require participants of the botnets that lose virtual battles to report to suicide booths.

  3. Re:Awesome! by jbeaupre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad there's not two bot nets battling where you can watch the statistics. Sort of like live CNN war footage for the command line crowd.

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  4. Re:Joining a Botnet on purpose? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've never installed a Windows-based operating system on one of your machines??

  5. Re:Awesome! by tritonman · · Score: 5, Funny

    yea, if I'm going to waste my CPU cycles to donate to an online war, it will be something useful, like a war between Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.

  6. Not to worry! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Palestinian hackers blew themselves up after they hacked in to the Israeli website. Old habits die hard...

  7. This just in by philspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    A fatwa has been issued, calling for the immediate murder of "Anonymous coward."

  8. Re:Put things in perspective... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We will be victorious and wipe Israel from the map, God willing." And yet they were unsuccessful in 1948 and 1973, and caught off-guard in 1967 when Israel attacked prior to a likely attack by the forces from three Arab nations. Hezbollah and Hamas repeatedly cite their mere survival as God showing them favor (despite the kill ratio of 50:1 or more enjoyed by the Israelis).

    Joke's on them. Allah is Jewish.

  9. you forgot... by zarthrag · · Score: 5, Funny

    6. End up on the no-fly list

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  10. OMG A Voluntary Botnet?? by Arancaytar · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's so cool, where do I sign up to turn my computer into a zombie controlled by a shady Command Central? Does that cost anything or is it free?