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Activists hack ISIS mailing list hours after it was claimed to be unhackable

65 points by SonicSoul 9y ago

zaarn 9y ago
>[x] claims [thing] is unhackable >internet hacks [thing] What an unfortunate and absolutely unpredictable series of events.
skc 9y ago
We should probably spare a thought for those ISIS system admins then if anything we've read about how ISIS operates is anything to go by
- ptaipale 9y ago
  For me, the thought I spare is "good riddance". Yes, heartless, but when daesh kills its dedicated own, I'm not shedding much tears. What I care about is stopping it from killing and enslaving others.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    They may be "others". Unsurprisingly, ISIS is known to force people to work for them.
- malikNF 9y ago
  play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
  - deadmetheny 9y ago
    It's not playing a stupid game if you got press-ganged into working for them.
hnarn 9y ago
Seeing as this is "Hacker News" and The Independent is utter garbage it would be nice with some technical depth on how the actual hack was performed. Does anyone know if it's available anywhere? Even if it's "just" some old, known vulnerability that was exploited in a non-updated piece of mailing list software, it's still interesting.
- cisanti 9y ago
  The post wall still interesting showing the information war between sides and where they gather. The fact that UK citizens are do active is alarming to say the least.
dovik 9y ago
Real title is « Muslim activists hack Isis mailing list hours after terrorists claimed it was unhackable ». Why change it?
- vanattab 9y ago
  When I try copying the full title into the title box of the submit form it says that the original title is 8 characters to long so my guess is the OP removed the extraneous words so he/she could post it.
  - SonicSoul 9y ago
    yep too long. i don't get why it's capped at 80, this comes up all the time
Eridrus 9y ago
So, rather than let intel agencies / law enforcement hack it and watch what is going on, they hacked it and then let them know? Really not sure being a vigilante in such a "hot" space for law enforcement is useful.

65 points by SonicSoul 9y ago

>[x] claims [thing] is unhackable >internet hacks [thing] What an unfortunate and absolutely unpredictable series of events.

skc 9y ago

We should probably spare a thought for those ISIS system admins then if anything we've read about how ISIS operates is anything to go by

ptaipale 9y ago
For me, the thought I spare is "good riddance". Yes, heartless, but when daesh kills its dedicated own, I'm not shedding much tears. What I care about is stopping it from killing and enslaving others.
- icebraining 9y ago
  They may be "others". Unsurprisingly, ISIS is known to force people to work for them.
malikNF 9y ago
play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
- deadmetheny 9y ago
  It's not playing a stupid game if you got press-ganged into working for them.

hnarn 9y ago

Seeing as this is "Hacker News" and The Independent is utter garbage it would be nice with some technical depth on how the actual hack was performed. Does anyone know if it's available anywhere? Even if it's "just" some old, known vulnerability that was exploited in a non-updated piece of mailing list software, it's still interesting.

cisanti 9y ago
The post wall still interesting showing the information war between sides and where they gather. The fact that UK citizens are do active is alarming to say the least.

dovik 9y ago

Real title is « Muslim activists hack Isis mailing list hours after terrorists claimed it was unhackable ». Why change it?

vanattab 9y ago
When I try copying the full title into the title box of the submit form it says that the original title is 8 characters to long so my guess is the OP removed the extraneous words so he/she could post it.
- SonicSoul 9y ago
  yep too long. i don't get why it's capped at 80, this comes up all the time

Eridrus 9y ago

So, rather than let intel agencies / law enforcement hack it and watch what is going on, they hacked it and then let them know? Really not sure being a vigilante in such a "hot" space for law enforcement is useful.