"Digital Denial": Computer Hacking

[Hovik]

Joe,

Shnoravor lini, Achket luys!

[1.5 million]

We were hacked along with some other Armenian websites. Just some advice, update your security on your site whenever you can. Personally, I've been away because my wife just had a baby boy.

Congrats!!!! (but thats no excuse! ...j.k)

[hitite]

I've been away because my wife just had a baby boy.

Allah anali babali büyütsün... (May God raise it with Mother and Father)

[Tongue]

Congrats Joseph!!!!

[Joseph]

Thanks everyone, you guys are great. The baby and mother are doing fantastic.

[Joseph]

NATIONAL 11.25.2006 Saturday - ISTANBUL 18:28

World-renowned Turkish Hacker Apprehended
By Mehmet Sakin
Friday, November 24, 2006
zaman.com

Aug. 14, 2005 is widely referred to as the Sept. 11 of 116 countries, including the United States, in cyberspace. That day, two hackers accessed the computers of hundreds of prominent institutions, including CNN, the New York Times, and ABC News, and immobilized their systems through viruses.
The FBI, in collaboration with Microsoft, took swift action against one of the most influential cyber attacks on the same day. In 12 days, the operation was successfully completed. One of the hackers was Moroccan and the other was Turkish. It was soon revealed that the agent who apprehended both hackers, Atilla Ekici, and Farid Essebar, was also Turkish. Erkan Chase, the head of the unit on cyber crime at the FBI and the agent who apprehended the criminals, after locating the computers from which the viruses were sent, headed to Morocco and Turkey, along with a dozen agents. In cooperation with local security forces, the team captured the hackers.
Chase’s ability to speak Turkish facilitated the operation. Atilla Ekici, who had reportedly disseminated the viruses called Zotob and Mytob that caused nearly $800,000 in damages, was arrested on Aug. 26, 2005. He was sentenced to three months in prison by the Ankara Criminal Court of First Instance. After serving his time, he enlisted in the army to complete his obligatory military service. That he had not sought monetary gains when disseminating the viruses had positive impact on his relatively modest conviction despite the seriousness of the crime he had committed. Based on the official statement by the Turkish Land Registry, the court determined that he had not acquired any real estate after the incident. Similarly, the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency reported that he did not have any assets in his bank account.
FBI agent Chase, who captured the Turkish hacker, studied industrial engineering and Sociology at New York State University in Binghamton, where he also took courses on business administration. He first started working at the New York Police Department as probation officer, and then became a detective at the Narcotics and Organized Crimes Unit. Following those posts, he was employed as a special agent by the FBI. He assumed positions on white collar and banking crimes at the New York office of the FBI. He also specialized on cyber crimes in Detroit. After his employment in New York and Detroit offices, he became the head of cyber crimes unit at the FBI headquarters. In relation to the investigation initiated following the infamous cyber attack, Chase started searching for the hackers. He detected that the virus was connected to an email in nearby Washington. Then he started monitoring the email correspondence between the persons nicknamed ‘Diabl 10’ and ‘Coder.’ His team arrived in Turkey on Aug. 21. After he handed over the 25-page report to Turkish police, they launched the operation, which culminated in the apprehension of Ekici in the southern Turkish city of Adana.

[Yavrum]

Thanks Kharpert

Congrats from me too!

[Joseph]

www.kurdmedia.com was shutdown by Turkish hackers

[Joseph]

Hackers

Yeah, another victory for Turksih hackers. They are really helping their country


"In terms of image, this is not very good," said Defense Minister Andre Flahaut.


Belgian government site hacked by nationalists

Tuesday, January 16, 2007


BRUSSELS - The Associated Press

The Web site of Belgium's Defense Ministry was hacked Sunday by a group of Turkish nationalists, news reports said.

The group, which called themselves "grandchildren of the Ottoman Empire and Children of Turkey" posted text in English on the site dismissing the Armenian genocide claims and asserting that there was no Kurdish problem in Turkey. It also claimed that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was a terrorist organization supported by the West, according to footage shown on RTBF, Belgium's French-language public TV broadcaster.

There was no suggestion why the group had chosen a Belgian government site.

Late on Monday the site, www.mil.be, was still inaccessible.

"In terms of image, this is not very good," said Defense Minister Andre Flahaut. The ministry was beefing up its web firewall and testing its resistance to hackers on Mondaybefore opening up the site again to the public. The ministry has lodged a complaint with the prosecutor's office.

[Hovik]

www.theforgotten.org hacked by Turks!

It appears that www.theforgotten.org has been hacked by turkish losers...

http://www.theforgotten.org/index.html