Taliban website DoSed - February 2010

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DATE:
2010-02

AFFECTED COUNTRIES:
Afghanistan

AFFECTED SITES:
alemarah.info

EFFECT OF ATTACKS:
Down for a very short time

SOURCE COUNTRY:
n/a

ALLEGED ATTACKERS:
The Jester (th3j35t3r), a former soldier waging a campaign against militant Islamic websites. His goal is to make communication channels used for jihadi ops unreliable, not necessarily to take them out altogether.

TYPE OF ATTACK:
DoS

ATTACK SPECIFICS:
XerXeS DoS

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
Site is a Taliban website. The Jester (th3j35t3r) is a former soldier waging a campaign against militant Islamic websites. His goal is to make communication channels used for jihadi ops unreliable, not necessarily to take them out altogether. This attack was part of a video The Jester released to present his Xerxes software, visible at (1).

The Jester's many victims are predominantly combined by month of attack in this database. Links other than (1) for this entry are to other articles about his campaign, not necessarily about this one attack.

URLS:
1. https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/2990-Exclusive-Video-of-XerXeS-DoS-Attack.html
2. http://information-security-resources.com/2010/01/07/patriot-hacker-hits-jihad-with-ddos-attacks/
3. https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/2882-Jester-Unveils-XerXeS-Automated-DoS-Attack.html
4. https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/2695-Hacktivist-Tactics-Raise-Ethical-Questions.html

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