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In the latest of a string of cyberattacks tied to Middle East strife, a pro-Palestinian group believed to be based in Turkey hacked the web site of the London Jewish Chronicle during the weekend. Visitors to the site on Sunday were greeted with a large Palestinian flag accompanied by anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messages from a group calling itself Palestinian Mujaheeds.<\/p>\n
\n“Aren’t you ashamed of giving tolerance to Jewish [sic] who is the main actor of wars with being of children killers?” the message read in part. “Aren’t you ashamed of giving support to vampire who doesn’t care any human life? Aren’t you ashamed of showing respect to Jewish who makes revenge, hatred and rivality [sic] feelings between the people?”<\/p>\n
\nThe group was apparently protesting the blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces, which pulled out of that area in 2005.<\/p>\n
\nRapid Response<\/p>\n
\nThe newspaper’s staff was quickly alerted to the security breach and took it offline promptly, the Chronicle reported. The site was down about 18 hours while the breach was investigated.<\/p>\n
\n“By 4.40 p.m., a mere 20 minutes after the site was breached, senior executives had received dozens of text messages and phone calls alerting them; from synagogues, the CST, Jewish organizations, and individuals,” said the paper, which also said police were investigating. CST, or Community Security Trust, is an organization that works with local and international authorities to safeguard the Jewish community in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
\nThe Chronicle quoted its information-technology staff as saying there was no penetration of the paper’s servers. “The version of the site that was running at the time was addressing a virtual file system only. It was similar to viewing a cached version of a page. It was temporary until rebooted. The file system on the server was not affected at all. No one had managed to write… <\/p>\n
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