The recent cyber-attack on STRATFOR Global Intelligence in which the hacker group calling itself ‘Anonymous’ obtained credit card information on thousands of STRATFOR subscribers and the confidential correspondence between STRATFOR’s clients, including government agencies, points to the havoc hackers can create.
Israel has got it right. We should take a page from their book and treat hackers as terrorists, not as thieves or pranksters!
ISRAEL VOWS TO HIT BACK AFTER CREDIT CARDS HACKED
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon says cyber-attacks are a ‘breach of sovereignty comparable to a terrorist operation, and must be treated as such’
Reuters
January 7, 2012
Israel said on Saturday the online publication of thousands of its citizens' credit card details by a hacker claiming to be Saudi was comparable to terrorism, and vowed to hit back.
The data theft, which appeared to focus on commercial web sites, was one of the worst Israel has said it has faced. While the financial damage was reportedly minimal, the breaches have heightened concerns about the potential use of stolen information by the Jewish state's foes.
Such cyber-attacks are "a breach of sovereignty comparable to a terrorist operation, and must be treated as such", Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said during a speech at a community center.
"Israel has active capabilities for striking at those who are trying to harm it, and no agency or hacker will be immune from retaliatory action," he said, without elaborating.
The hacker, identifying himself as Saudi-based OxOmar, said on Thursday he had leaked private information about more than 400,000 Israelis. Credit card company officials said around 25,000 numbers, some of them expired, had been posted as of Friday.
After Israeli media ran what they said were interviews conducted with OxOmar over email, the Haaretz newspaper said a blogger had tracked the hacker down and determined he was a 19-year-old citizen of the United Arab Emirates studying and working in Mexico.
An aide to Ayalon, Lital Shochat, said Israel was aware of the report but had not yet requested help from Mexican authorities.
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They should find these terrorists, for that is what they are, and teach them a sharp lesson. I would recommend breaking all of their fingers on both their hands then shoving their computer mouses up their asses with minimal lubrication. Coupled with a warning that repeat offenses will be dealt with harshly.
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