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So the question is: Can internet hacktivism cause a nation state to
kindly ask Google to remove a video that Muslims hate, the same way
Google removes known terrorist videos or videos of your baby dancing
to Britney Spears tunes under copyright reasoning.<br>
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So far the answer is "no". But the <a
href="http://pastebin.com/u/QassamCyberFighters">Al Qassam team</a>
(or as Leiberman likes to say: Team Iran) is going to try. It's a
good proof of concept. The next test is: "Can a cyber threat to
America's banking industry force the US to remove sanctions against
Iranian banks?", which is probably why nobody has blinked on the
whole video on YouTube thing.<br>
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Of course, the Al Qassam team says they are not Iranian, etc. But
their choice of targets, methodology of <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJMVtP1CbOM">proportional
response</a> (a very nation state concept), hatred of the
"Zionists", and high quality PR-grade English would indicate that
they are. Also, Leiberman says they are, and he, unlike me, gets
briefed by DIRNSA.<br>
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The trick really is that the next step up from DDoS is "Saudi
Aramco"-style rming of an entire bank. But that's a step the
Iranians (and dudes, correct me if I'm wrong :>) don't really
want to take. If we do see that happen, my guess is that we'll see
it against a very small bank initially, as a proof of concept. Then
the scary times start.<br>
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-dave<br>
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