Saudi hackers leak personal information of thousands of Israelis

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Hackers break into 'ONE' website, post link to file containing personal addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers of thousands of Israelis. Most Israelis on list say personal information accurate, but credit card details false. One of them says 'what if the banks' websites are also broken into?'

Saudi hackers who identified themselves as members of the online Anonymous network claimed on Monday to have leaked files containing personal information, including credit card numbers and expiration dates, belonging to more than 400,000 Israelis.

They called on surfers to use the details in order to purchase goods online. "It will be so fun to see 400,000 Israelis stand in line outside banks and offices of credit card companies to complain that their cards had been stolen. To see banks shred 400,000 cards and reissue them. To see that Israeli cards are not accepted around the world, like the Nigerian cards," the hackers wrote.

The hackers, who called the cyber attack a "gift to the world for the new year," broke into the "ONE" sports website and announced they had leaked the information. They also attached a link to a webpage from which the data could be downloaded.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4170465,00.html

This underscores the dangers of groups like Anonymous who act without oversight and train criminals such as this Saudi group with no appreciation of the ramifications of their actions.

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1. A Chat With the Teen Saudi Hacker Who Says He Stole a Million Israeli Credit Cards

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"What drives a teenager to steal thousands of Israeli credit cards and slowly leak them to make a political point? We tried to figure out in a Skype chat with a 19-year-old Saudi hacker named 0xOmar.

For the past few days, 0xOmar has been doing his best to terrorize Israel with massive leaks of credit card information. On January 3rd, he hacked Israel's biggest sports website and posted a link to a file containing 400,000 Israeli credit card numbers. "It will be so fun to see 400,000 Israelis stand in line outside banks and offices of credit card companies to complain that their cards had been stolen," he wrote.

But credit card companies said the leak was seriously padded—only about 15,000 numbers were valid. This enraged 0xOmar, who stepped up his campaign. He posted what he claimed were another 11,000 numbers, and boasted in a press release he had a million in total.

He also posted his email address, which I emailed this afternoon. About five minutes later I was Skyping with 0xOmar, whose real name is Omar; a blustery teen who lives with his parents, likes Xbox, and really, really hates Israel."

http://gawker.com/5873741/a-chat-with-the-teen-saudi-hacker-who-says-he-stole-a-million-israeli-credit-cards


From the replies:

ProseandKhans Fri 06 Jan 2012 3:12 PM

"It will be so fun to see 400,000 Israelis stand in line outside banks and offices of credit card companies to complain that their cards had been stolen," (0xOmar) wrote.

Israelis??? In line! Good one. First step, Omar is to know your enemy!

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2. Ironic

It is going to be ironic if he is tried in a Saudi court and found guilty. And, now that he is doing press releases, it is only a matter of time before he is apprehended. He will end up losing his right hand for stealing from Jews.