Alleged Saudi Hackers Nab Israeli Credit Card Data
Someone sure has set these people up the bomb (internet joke). But is it as big as claimed?
In an attack that may either be epic or inconsequential, depending on who is consulted, the ongoing conflict over Israel went digital this week when it was confirmed that the credit card data of 'thousands' of Israelis has been compromised. On Monday, the credit card information was briefly posted to an Israeli sports site, One.co.il, by a hacker group calling itself Group-XP. Ynet has reported that a message associated with the attack called it a "gift to the world for the New Year," one they hoped "would hurt the Zionist pocket". Soon after this, a hacker who claims to speak for the group, operating under the alias OxOmar, posted a lengthy message to PasteBay bragging about the attack.
"We have hacked a lot of Israeli servers and extracted a lot of information about Israeli people," the message boasts. "[T]heir name, address, city, zipcode, Social Security Numbers (Israeli ID numbers), mobile phone number, home phone number, credit card number (including exp year, month and CVV) and...". The message claims the information has already been put to use purchasing VPNs, renting cloud clusters and other such actions, though that activity has not been confirmed independently. If true, this is only part of a larger plan, to reach "1 million non-duplicate people, which is 1/6 of Israel's population."
"Saudi Arabian hacker rules!!!", the message inarticulately, but enthusiastically concludes.
Perhaps, perhaps not. Just how many people have been affected is a matter of stark debate. Group-XP claim to have nabbed and released the data for up to 400,000 people. Israel's central bank puts the number closer to 15,000, a trivial number considering the total amount of credit card fraud that happens on a daily basis worldwide, but a mediocrity consistent with the lazy, racist terminology associated with the attack. Neither the means by which the hack occurred nor the total amount of data compromised can be confirmed, but credit card providers claim that all affected cards have been cancelled and that replacements will be provided.
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Some people doesn't know the meaning of "tolerance"
Yeah, you think so?? I wonder which side you're talking about though.....As long as the debate continues, I think , this will be fun reading. All we ever needed was racist hackers.....and now we have'em..... as if there weren't enough Skins in the world that they needed to come an 'infect' the virtual world.... I wonder if they'd call this iJihad.... or Cyber Jihad.... and I wonder if the Lord Almighty ever thought his followers war would end up in a Mobo Circuit.....
They are talking about a country who designs security for the rest of the world, leading in both fields of warfare tech and cyber tech..... Interesting how long the Anonymous XP outfit will survive... virtually and in the real world.....
Hackers who brag too much about what they do don't know what hacking means.
Hackers who brag too much about what they do don't know what hacking means.
What does hacking mean (to you) exactly?
Also Zionism is an ideology not a race. I don't think its necessary to mention there are other groups out there targeting ideologies....
Note: I didn't read the Pastebay thingamajig (not interested) and there may be racist remarks in there but it cannot be inferred from the article, the author's own racist undertone is apparent though.
This attack was neither interesting or groundbreaking except that the author choose to make it so. As Mr. Lincoln mentions in his article, credit card fraud is rampant and this instance, by any stretch, is in fact "trivial."
The one thing which surprised me is the fact there are Saudi hackers. Given the state of their educational system I'm flabbergasted.
Some people doesn't know the meaning of "tolerance"
you mean Zionists right ?
cause according the last UN thingy happened they forced to prevent a state of Palestine even on a 30% of the later poor original land lol
you mean Zionists right ?cause according the last UN thingy happened they forced to prevent a state of Palestine even on a 30% of the later poor original land lol
would you be flabbergasted if he was a Palestinian hacker ?
I don't see any reference to race, to call it "racist". The author needs to cool his head.
It's just another instance of hacking of CC information. And a trivial one, judging from it's extent.
Zionist == Jew
That's incorrect. Zionists are more of a political group and "Jew" is an ethnic group. There are many Christian Zionists (Israel supporters) in the USA not of Jewish descent. Not all Israelis are Jews and there are many factions that don't like each other as the latest uproar illustrated.
It's hard to prove if the black hats claiming to have breached systems in Israel are actually Saudi. Could easily be Iranians attempting to deflect attention from themselves or some script kiddies with just enough political knowledge to be dangerous.
heh.. black hatted Jews in Israel are the Haredi/Chasidim.
This creates the malapropism for Israeli hackers = UltraOrthodox
Re: people who want to nitpick on the definition of 'racism' ... well, there's only 1 human race, so I guess there's no racism anywhere in the world at all.
But get real: the use of the term 'racism' in the modern context can refer to any vilification/persecution/discrimination based upon socio-ethnic/cultural/religious perceived or actual identity.
It's not clever to try to 'define out' racism when it's there - if you want to make that point, then acknowledge the bigotry and make the point about there only being 1 human race - so we just need updated terminology to replace the 'racism' term, then.
Well said.
I have deleted any posts made previously that breach toms ToU - repeat posts of the same kind will result in bans.
Please take a bit of care with your comments regarding this subject.
Its a topic that easily becomes inflammatory.