Hezbollah is ... attacking the Internet

Pop up of Hezbolla guerrilla forces spread out from every website on the Internet, with military content, calling for donations and propaganda.

What is a cable network in the Virginia suburbs and hosting servers in Delhi, Montreal, Brooklyn and New Jersey?

Since the fighting broke out in Lebanon, their communication gates have been hijacked by Hezbollah guerrillas.

New weapons

A message was broadcast on Al-Manar TV from the leader of the Shiite Muslim group in Lebanon.Source: AFP

Hackers of this force wandered around on the Internet, searching for vulnerable websites to broadcast Al-Manar TV messages (banned by the US), as well as to contact the world. outside.

In terrorism, this tactic is no stranger, like an ancient masquerade, the Hezbolla sites emerging, being defeated and "reborn" somewhere on this vast World Wide Web space. .

" When Israel tightened the noose into Hezbolla's neck in Lebanon, these" contacts "became vital ," said Fred Burton, a former anti-terrorism official from the US - who now serves as vice president of security firm Stratfor. .

The Internet is becoming a new source of life for forces such as Hezbollah in the process of fighting soldiers, raising money, propagating and communicating .

The hijack incident recently targeted a cable network in southern Texas that could be a good example of Hezbollah's penetration. The cable company has a contract with a satellite "gathering" company in New York, whereby the transmitted data flows will be "relayed" to customers around the world, including Lebanon.

The "poachers"

However, shortly after the war broke out, the company's system . grew an "illegal" connection. Of course, this connection channel was opened by Hezbollah.

Al-Manar TV channel - considered a spokesman for Hezbollah and is subjected to terrorism by the Americans - is connected to the IP address of the cable company.

Saying this to readers can be simpler: Texas cable company has a phone line (ie IP) and Hezbollah "stole" this line to transmit signals.

After "stealing", Hezbollah started "speaking" through emails and blogs that they found inside IP addresses. If the attack is not detected, the IP address can connect to a new domain and anyone searching for Al-Manar keywords can open it.

Hezbollah uses these sites to post recruiting recruiting videos and bank accounts where supporters can donate and support.

Cat plays mouse

However, this hijack case was quickly opened up by Internet research organization. The organization immediately notified the Texas cable company and the US authorities, and the "hooked" IP address was closed immediately afterwards.

However, Aaron Weisburd, a programming expert at Internet Research, said closing down the Hezbollah websites is like "a double-edged sword."

As a former US terrorist official, he knows the value of "maintaining" these sites, so that intelligence agencies can gather legal evidence.

"It's important to see what they say ," Weisburd said, noting that Hezbollah is based in Indonesia and the three-border region (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay) in South America. Being able to keep a close eye on Hezbollah's presence on the internet can help end this force's cat-and-mouse game with Western intelligence.

However, closing sites also helps to limit their recruitment, financial and propaganda activities.

The war is long

In March 2006, the army hunted down "cyber terrorists" with a new weapon when the US Federal Reserve announced that any US company with a relationship with Al-Manar would be punished. .

This provision means that the Internet Research Volunteers can remind hosting companies to hesitate, hesitate or not cooperate that they are facing penalties from the government.

In case of Texas cable company. Just hours after the IP portal was closed, Hezbollah reacted quickly, "stealing" into an Indian Web-hosting company's IP.

" As long as the war continues, these portals will never disappear, because Hezbollah is forced to take their message to the world ," Burton said.

Trong Cam