The fragment in the image indicates that the perpetrators were the same as those who hacked the Atlantic City casino authority website, and who have put the same message on “thousands of websites worldwide since late 2014.” The full message: “I am Muslim and I love jihad I love isis <3. A message to all peoples of the world, especially governments. Islamic State List to restore the rights of Muslims who have been killed by your governments savage and unjust. Islamic state will restore dignity for Muslims. Will purge the land of muslims from the hypocrites infidels. It intervenes you will equip you to dwell in cemeteries.”
“Islamic State message on hacked Hobart Airport website,” by Chloe Booker, Sydney Morning Herald, April 13, 2015 (thanks to Nicholas):
A group has claimed responsibility for hacking the Hobart International Airport website and defacing it with a statement supporting the radical group Islamic State.
Tasmania Police say the hacking appears to be “non-discriminate” with identical messages posted on websites worldwide that use the same web hosts as the the airport.
“Investigations have shown that identical messages have appeared on thousands of websites worldwide since late 2014,” a police statement said.
The airport’s website was shut down at about 5.30am on Sunday when police became aware it was hacked.
A message posted on the site said it was “not currently operating. We are working to get it back up and running as soon as possible”.
Police are investigating and have been monitoring activity at the airport.
The website is inaccessible but a Google search shows part of the statement. Fairfax has chosen not to reproduce the words.
“A message placed on the site contained a statement supporting ISIS,” a police statement said.
“There were no threats made towards the Hobart Airport or flight operations to and from the airport.”…
JamesonRocks says
Seems these attacks are on the rise. Hmmm… Interesting that these sadly uneducated, impoverished victims have the skills it takes to do such things. They must be subcontracting these activities to hired guns…
marc says
these defacements are really very simple, they take advantage of known vulnerabilities, not creating their own attacks, really just a matter of copy and pasting some code.
gravenimage says
Thanks for the technical information, Marc. It sounds like these Jihadist creeps can hit almost anyone with weak security.
marc says
pretty sure this is the work of Junaid Hussain as mentioned here:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/12/isis-cyber-caliphate-hacking-technology-arms-race
i had some run ins with him a few years back, i embarrassed his lame skillz on astalavista when he was known as Trick in a group of script kiddies known as teampoison.
the rodent had hacked a bone marrow donor site and i made sure everyone knew about it.
Horrid turd had no chance of getting a bride in the UK, he had to go to syria to buy one.
voegelinian says
These two hackings — of an Atlantic City Casino and a small airport in Australia — along with the recent hacking of one particular television station in France (TV5Monde) — seem to be “dry runs” on the part of the tech person (or perhaps small team) of ISIS, a testing and flexing tech muscles with grander schemes in mind.
God, I hope little old insignificant Hesperado (moi) isn’t the only person to have this thought! One would hope that individuals more influential than I am would have considered this, and are pursuing appropriate lines of investigation.
gravenimage says
Australia: Islamic State hackers take over Hobart Airport website
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For those not familiar, Hobart is Tasmania’s largest city. This is their main airport.
This hack also shows the reach of the Islamic State—on line, at least. The whole of Tasmania only has an estimated 900 Muslims, 600 of which infect Hobart itself.
More:
The full message: “I am Muslim and I love jihad I love isis <3. A message to all peoples of the world, especially governments. Islamic State List to restore the rights of Muslims who have been killed by your governments savage and unjust. Islamic state will restore dignity for Muslims. Will purge the land of muslims from the hypocrites infidels. It intervenes you will equip you to dwell in cemeteries.”
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In other words, resisting Jihad conquest in any way is "savage and unjust"—Infidels are just supposed to roll over.
And "restoring the rights" and "restoring dignity" of Muslims means conquest and the imposition of brutal Shari'ah law. This has always been the aim of Islam—freedom of worship in the Western sense has never been enough for pious Muslims.
And purging land conquered by Muslims of Infidels has always been the ultimate goal—we see this in places like Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia, which are virtually 100% Muslim. We also see that these are generally the most backward, chaotic, and violent stretches of Dar-al-Islam, where the culture does not benefit in any way from the modifying presence of non-Muslims.
As for talk of purging the land of "hypocrites", this is also mainstream Islam, where the "insufficiently Islamic" are targeted by their more pious coreligionists.
And this is completely subjective—"hypocrites" can include non-observant or lax Muslims, but it can also include actual Jihadists deemed marginally less zealous—as in Somalia, where Al Shebaab is targeting the Jihadists of the old Islamic Courts.
*That* is ultimately how brutal and reductive Islam is—Jihadists murdering Jihadists, all in the name of the black "purity" of Islam.
koosemo says
There is currently a significant influx of muslims into Tasmania. The number is closer to 2000 and rising rapidly. It seems well organised. For example, many brand new Prius cabs being driven by muslims and much more.
gravenimage says
Thanks for the update, koosemo. I’m sorry to hear it. Tasmania is beautiful and does not deserve to be invaded by these savages.
koosemo says
Tasmania is seeing an influx of muslims. Numbers are closer to 2000 and rapidly rising.
There are organised efforts on many fronts: Creating businesses, asylum resettlement, higher education enrolements, daawa activities and more.
invicta says
For JamesonRocks: Congratulations – your ignorance of Islam is what enables them. These murdering cretins are “sadly uneducated, impoverished victims?” Really? Its this type of ignorance among not only the uninformed citizen,… but by governments, that has allowed this murdering cult of Jihad to grow and spread. “Impoverished victims”…… how utterly ignorant some westerners are.
gravenimage says
invicta, I believe JamesonRocks is being sarcastic. He is no Muslim apologist.
Jules says
“I am Muslim and I love jihad I love isis”
I wonder if they realize Isis was an Egyptian goddess.