Britain’s Jewish Chronicle subject to Turkish cyber-terror attack
The online version of the Jewish Chronicle, the leading newspaper of Britain’s Jewish community and the oldest English language Jewish newspaper in the world, has been attacked by pro-Palestinian hackers, the paper’s editor Stephen Pollard said on Monday. The hackers broke into the site at 4.20 pm on Sunday and put up a Palestinian flag along with a message supporting “Palestinian Mujahaeeds” (ie terrorists).
The site went back up at 10.30 local time and now appears to be functioning normally. Early indications suggest the hacker group was operating from Turkey which may indicate some sort of link to the diplomatic spat between Israel and Turkey which blew up last week.
Whatever the explanation, the move highlights the ingenuity and relentlesness of the broader assault on the legitimacy of the Jewish state. There are no hiding places and there is no limit to the lengths Israel’s opponents will go.
Perhaps the best answer to this attack — clearly designed to intimidate the newspaper’s staff and the wider Jewish community — is to go straight to the Jewish Chronicle’s website, bookmark it for regular future reference and thus show solidarity with the newspaper and its editor.
To do precisely that, click here:
Tags: Israel
January 18th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Great idea. I have done precisely as you advise. Although thejc.com was already on my RSS Feeds, I have also added it to my favourites as well, just to make a point.
January 18th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I have also added the Jewish Chronicle to my RSS Feed in Gmail.