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Prof.
Yonah Alexander, Director
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Daily Terrorism Weather
5 April 2012
Al-Qa ida
Al Qaeda propaganda sites downed by mystery cyberattack
5 April 2012
By John E.
Dunn
Cross Reference: Technology and Cyber
“Al Qaeda is reported to have been on the receiving end of a suspected organised cyberattack
after a clutch of important propaganda websites suddenly disappeared from the Internet two
weeks ago.
The five affected sites - including core sites al-Fida and Shamukh al-Islam - were
suddenly unavailable on 22 March, silencing the stream of official press releases that have
been issued by the organisation via the Internet since 2003.
A less important site r
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