On Leading Al-Qaeda Forum, Jihadi Rallies Hackers To Join Tunisian, Al-Qaeda Cyber Armies In Targeting U.S.'s 'Vital' Points

March 28, 2013

On March 25, 2013, a general invitation to hackers to join a cyber-attack campaign against U.S. websites was posted on the Al-Fida' jihadi forum. The invitation, posted by member "Bahith2" ("Researcher2"), called on hackers to join the recently launched "opBlackSummer" campaign.

OpBlackSummer, launched recently by the Tunisian Cyber Army (TCA) and the Al-Qaeda Electronic Army, is aimed at targeting U.S. websites.[1]

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