Godlike Productions - Discussion Forum
Users Online Now: 2,138 (Who's On?)Visitors Today: 646,322
Pageviews Today: 1,126,027Threads Today: 468Posts Today: 7,907
01:33 PM


Rate this Thread

Absolute BS Crap Reasonable Nice Amazing
 

The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.

 
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 06:45 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
[link to www.washingtontimes.com]

The Cyber Caliphate has been busy hacking government websites.

First they hacked into the Pentagon's Twitter and Youtube accounts.

When they do this, they put out false information. Like they said Obama was going to make a speech on cyber security, and he did not...it was one of their lies.

They appear to be able to hack any website they please, and this is a real threat to National Security.

FROM LINK:

They’ve hacked into some of the best computers in the world,” the county’s information resource manager, Don Robertson, told the station. “So … while we are certainly disappointed, we are going to take every step that we can to clean it up and make sure the public is not impacted by it.” He added that the website, which he said is run by a third party, has been targeted by hackers in the past.

The hack is reminiscent of this week’s defacement of the U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and Youtube accounts. A group calling themselves the “Cyber Caliphate” posted “I love ISIS” banners on the accounts and sent out false tweets just as President Obama was giving a speech on cyber security on Monday


Read more: [link to www.washingtontimes.com]
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 06:50 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67112021
United States
01/17/2015 06:52 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 66646767
United States
01/17/2015 06:56 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
It will end up with our internet freedoms taken. It will get so out of hand that the few will affect us all.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 66728333
United States
01/17/2015 06:57 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
It will end up with our internet freedoms taken.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 66646767


hesright smoking1
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 06:57 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Honestly, I believe many of these ISIS terror cells are hiding out in areas out in the sticks.
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 06:58 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
It will end up with our internet freedoms taken. It will get so out of hand that the few will affect us all.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 66646767

I agree.
ssle

User ID: 50535466
United States
01/17/2015 07:03 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Many county websites go through companies that sell custom software. I don't know if this was one of them, but let's just assume that it is.

If they hack into one site using the software, they now know a) that vulnerability is exploitable and b) what software they can expect on the other side. Larger counties will have better hardware security and more monitoring, so it would be difficult to test the "hack".
Everyone is worth knowing. Everything is worth learning.
You're never too good. You're never not good enough.
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 07:06 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
[link to www.databreaches.net]

The FBI is investigating a series of hacks on U.S. news oulets by Cyber Caliphate, a group that claims to be part of ISIS and is planning a series of cyber-attacks on homes and offices across the U.S.
bill shitters 1.2
User ID: 55386898
United Kingdom
01/17/2015 07:07 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
I dont quite belive a few morons from isis deash or what ever that dream of killing infadels and life 1470 years back would do something so convinient to get our leaders to steal our freedoms and pleasures

Our evil litle monkeys would do it them selves to make sure the job was done well
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 07:08 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Many county websites go through companies that sell custom software. I don't know if this was one of them, but let's just assume that it is.

If they hack into one site using the software, they now know a) that vulnerability is exploitable and b) what software they can expect on the other side. Larger counties will have better hardware security and more monitoring, so it would be difficult to test the "hack".
 Quoting: ssle


I hope you work in this area, if not, you are wasting your talent.

My question is if they start hacking people like us, what do they intend to do with our information?
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67112021
United States
01/17/2015 07:15 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Honestly, I believe many of these ISIS terror cells are hiding out in areas out in the sticks.
 Quoting: Mountain Woman


Totally agree. America's a big country.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67112021
United States
01/17/2015 07:15 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Many county websites go through companies that sell custom software. I don't know if this was one of them, but let's just assume that it is.

If they hack into one site using the software, they now know a) that vulnerability is exploitable and b) what software they can expect on the other side. Larger counties will have better hardware security and more monitoring, so it would be difficult to test the "hack".
 Quoting: ssle


Interesting.
zzcat

User ID: 59247786
United States
01/17/2015 07:17 PM

Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
[link to www.washingtontimes.com]

The Cyber Caliphate has been busy hacking government websites.

First they hacked into the Pentagon's Twitter and Youtube accounts.

When they do this, they put out false information. Like they said Obama was going to make a speech on cyber security, and he did not...it was one of their lies.

They appear to be able to hack any website they please, and this is a real threat to National Security.

FROM LINK:

They’ve hacked into some of the best computers in the world,” the county’s information resource manager, Don Robertson, told the station. “So … while we are certainly disappointed, we are going to take every step that we can to clean it up and make sure the public is not impacted by it.” He added that the website, which he said is run by a third party, has been targeted by hackers in the past.

The hack is reminiscent of this week’s defacement of the U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and Youtube accounts. A group calling themselves the “Cyber Caliphate” posted “I love ISIS” banners on the accounts and sent out false tweets just as President Obama was giving a speech on cyber security on Monday


Read more: [link to www.washingtontimes.com]
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
 Quoting: Mountain Woman


What do they expect when IT is outsourced or by visa immigrants.
zzcat

who says Schrodinger's cat is even in the box
ssle

User ID: 50535466
United States
01/17/2015 07:23 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Many county websites go through companies that sell custom software. I don't know if this was one of them, but let's just assume that it is.

If they hack into one site using the software, they now know a) that vulnerability is exploitable and b) what software they can expect on the other side. Larger counties will have better hardware security and more monitoring, so it would be difficult to test the "hack".
 Quoting: ssle


I hope you work in this area, if not, you are wasting your talent.

My question is if they start hacking people like us, what do they intend to do with our information?
 Quoting: Mountain Woman

hf I work in web. A lot of my job is reducing vulnerabilities to hackers, so this recent wave of hacks has been of particular interest. I've read theories that they're targeting websites using specific software(s), a few of which are commonly used by some of my clients.

As far as what they'll do with our information...probably nothing. From what I've read, this is less about "gaining" something from the end-user (us) and more about instilling fear and/or controlling online behavior.
Everyone is worth knowing. Everything is worth learning.
You're never too good. You're never not good enough.
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 07:26 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Many county websites go through companies that sell custom software. I don't know if this was one of them, but let's just assume that it is.

If they hack into one site using the software, they now know a) that vulnerability is exploitable and b) what software they can expect on the other side. Larger counties will have better hardware security and more monitoring, so it would be difficult to test the "hack".
 Quoting: ssle


I hope you work in this area, if not, you are wasting your talent.

My question is if they start hacking people like us, what do they intend to do with our information?
 Quoting: Mountain Woman

hf I work in web. A lot of my job is reducing vulnerabilities to hackers, so this recent wave of hacks has been of particular interest. I've read theories that they're targeting websites using specific software(s), a few of which are commonly used by some of my clients.

As far as what they'll do with our information...probably nothing. From what I've read, this is less about "gaining" something from the end-user (us) and more about instilling fear and/or controlling online behavior.
 Quoting: ssle

I trust your opinion. How do you think this is going to end?
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67112021
United States
01/17/2015 07:26 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
That's quite the backwoods county to get hacked. Likely some petulant kid. Unless there's an ISIS camp in the area.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Many county websites go through companies that sell custom software. I don't know if this was one of them, but let's just assume that it is.

If they hack into one site using the software, they now know a) that vulnerability is exploitable and b) what software they can expect on the other side. Larger counties will have better hardware security and more monitoring, so it would be difficult to test the "hack".
 Quoting: ssle


I hope you work in this area, if not, you are wasting your talent.

My question is if they start hacking people like us, what do they intend to do with our information?
 Quoting: Mountain Woman

hf I work in web. A lot of my job is reducing vulnerabilities to hackers, so this recent wave of hacks has been of particular interest. I've read theories that they're targeting websites using specific software(s), a few of which are commonly used by some of my clients.

As far as what they'll do with our information...probably nothing. From what I've read, this is less about "gaining" something from the end-user (us) and more about instilling fear and/or controlling online behavior.
 Quoting: ssle


Though it's worth noting that they may sell it to people who do want to use it.
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 07:28 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
...

Many county websites go through companies that sell custom software. I don't know if this was one of them, but let's just assume that it is.

If they hack into one site using the software, they now know a) that vulnerability is exploitable and b) what software they can expect on the other side. Larger counties will have better hardware security and more monitoring, so it would be difficult to test the "hack".
 Quoting: ssle


I hope you work in this area, if not, you are wasting your talent.

My question is if they start hacking people like us, what do they intend to do with our information?
 Quoting: Mountain Woman

hf I work in web. A lot of my job is reducing vulnerabilities to hackers, so this recent wave of hacks has been of particular interest. I've read theories that they're targeting websites using specific software(s), a few of which are commonly used by some of my clients.

As far as what they'll do with our information...probably nothing. From what I've read, this is less about "gaining" something from the end-user (us) and more about instilling fear and/or controlling online behavior.
 Quoting: ssle


Though it's worth noting that they may sell it to people who do want to use it.
 Quoting: The_Original_Mind

Yeah, it could get pretty messy and threatening.
Anonymous Coward (OP)
User ID: 59866150
United States
01/17/2015 07:52 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
I think this is a serious matter. What outcome other than catastrophic could this have?

Anyone else ever been hacked. If so, what happened?
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 58209048
United States
01/17/2015 08:01 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
strange how Isis is so close to Israel yet they don't attack them.

they attack other Arabs so you know the Jews are financing Isis
ShillShank Reduction

User ID: 66001982
United States
01/17/2015 08:06 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
You mean the CIA is continuing it's hacking campaign in order to make sure the new Cyber Security laws sail through unopposed kinda like the Patriot Act? Or do you also think 19 highjackers with box cutters managed to bypass NORAD all by themselves?

Last Edited by ShillShank Reduction on 01/17/2015 08:08 PM
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67112021
United States
01/17/2015 08:09 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
I think this is a serious matter. What outcome other than catastrophic could this have?

Anyone else ever been hacked. If so, what happened?
 Quoting: Mountain Woman


The situation's bad, but not catastrophic (the ISIS situation generally, not just this hack).

I mean, it's pretty catastrophic for innocents in Iraq/Syria, but not yet for us or the world.

History and events are slower than most conspiracy theorists think.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 64475820
United States
01/17/2015 08:11 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
Virgina had 100 percent republican elected officials
and TURNED EVERY ONE OF THEM OUT and elected 100 percent
democrats this time.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 64475820
United States
01/17/2015 08:12 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
hacking twitter and youtube is not serious.
We don't keep secrets on unsecure networks.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67112021
United States
01/17/2015 08:12 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
Virgina had 100 percent republican elected officials
and TURNED EVERY ONE OF THEM OUT and elected 100 percent
democrats this time.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64475820


Republicans control both houses of the Virginia assembly...
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67079675
United Kingdom
01/17/2015 09:00 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
I think this is a serious matter. What outcome other than catastrophic could this have?

Anyone else ever been hacked. If so, what happened?
 Quoting: Mountain Woman


identy theft banking details adresses web brousing habits ,appointments , this combined with stolen ploice uniforms like in belgium could put polititions
or military personal and familes at high risk

also gives oppertunities to get other information shared by email for example
files , the list is endless this should be top priority for security concerns
ssle

User ID: 50535466
United States
01/17/2015 09:47 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
I trust your opinion. How do you think this is going to end?
 Quoting: Mountain Woman

Not enough data to venture a guess right now. Everything I've seen so far suggests most of the self-declared Islamic hacker groups are relatively unskilled. Alone, they aren't able to do much appreciable damage. Twitter hacks are a dime a dozen, and the CENTCOM escapade was only noteworthy because of the target they chose.

What worried me was the link between the Caliphate and groups such as Lizard Squad (responsible for gaming platform attacks). At least one member of LS publicly aligned himself with the Caliphate. I'm a little curious as to what the link is. Is there a coincidental overlap in membership, or are members of groups supporting ISIS joining more advanced, but largely anarchistic, groups to have more fire power against targets? Are these groups really even backing ISIS, or are they a bunch of kids with too much time on their hands and needed a flag to fly to publicly cover their bullshit?

If it continues on how it has been, it's going to end up an extremely inconvenient non-event. They'll deface sites across the board, security holes will be plugged up, and nothing much will come of it. People will lose data security, but that happens on a frighteningly regular basis anyway. Data leaks aren't a new thing, and hundreds of thousands (sometimes millions) of users are compromised monthly on various services.
Everyone is worth knowing. Everything is worth learning.
You're never too good. You're never not good enough.
Arius

User ID: 33010142
United States
01/17/2015 11:11 PM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
You mean the CIA is continuing it's hacking campaign in order to make sure the new Cyber Security laws sail through unopposed kinda like the Patriot Act? Or do you also think 19 highjackers with box cutters managed to bypass NORAD all by themselves?

Last Edited by ShillShank Reduction on 01/17/2015 08:08 PM

This is much more accurate than ISIS. Why would ISIS hack a county's website in Virginia randomly. More about creating fear to instrument security laws.
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67117050
United States
01/18/2015 12:05 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
hacking twitter and youtube is not Sirius bro...
but it shore is tons o fun!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 64475820


hesright

Dogon Star Seed
ShillShank Reduction

User ID: 66001982
United States
01/18/2015 12:07 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
You mean the CIA is continuing it's hacking campaign in order to make sure the new Cyber Security laws sail through unopposed kinda like the Patriot Act? Or do you also think 19 highjackers with box cutters managed to bypass NORAD all by themselves?

Last Edited by ShillShank Reduction on 01/17/2015 08:08 PM

This is much more accurate than ISIS. Why would ISIS hack a county's website in Virginia randomly. More about creating fear to instrument security laws.
 Quoting: Arius


ohyeah
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 67087832
France
01/18/2015 12:29 AM
Report Abusive Post
Report Copyright Violation
Re: The CYBER CALIPHATE Has Hacked A Virginia County's Website. FBI Investigating Series Of Attacks By ISIS.
I'm leaning towards cyber false flag personally. There is a big battle going on and the winner gets the internet.





GLP