Crime

AT&T Hackers Connected to Saudi Arabian Terrorist Group

Last week, AT&T had to give customers the unfortunate news that their systems may have been hacked. Although less than 1 percent of customers were affected, reports are now coming out that the hack was traced to four hackers with connections to a Saudi Arabian terrorist group.

PC World reports that the FBI in cooperation with Filipino police were able to bust those involved in the $2 million hack of AT&T’s system:

FBI agents, who have been investigating hacking of telecommunication companies in the U.S. and in the country since 1999, have uncovered a “paper trail” of various bank transactions allegedly linking the local hackers to the cell in Saudi Arabia, whose activities include financing terrorist activities, [Criminal Investigation and Detection Group] said in a statement.

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The Philippines police said that Muhammad Zamir, a Jemaah Islamiyah member, paid the suspects to hack the trunk-line of different telecommunication companies including AT&T. Revenue derived from the hacking was diverted to the account of the terrorists, who paid the Filipino hackers on a commission basis through local banks, CIDG said.

Jemaah Islamiyah is an Islamic militant group that has been active in South East Asia and is said to be linked to some terrorist attacks in the region, including the Bali bombing in 2002.

According to the press release from the Philippine Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, of those arrested, three were men and was a one woman. Computer and telecommunication equipment were also confiscated. The press release states that the FBI requested help of the Philippine National Police in March 2011 when it found the group had targeted AT&T.

Comments (12)

  • BobD623
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:29pm

    What would happen if someone just took out Mecca…….obliterated it….

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  • snufy
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:23pm

    Hunt them down with Predators equiped with Hellfire missiles! The Saudis are not our friends. Stop giving them money and see how they act.

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    • Mikev5
      Posted on November 29, 2011 at 5:15pm

      That I agree 100% they have been slime balling the USA for years I dont get why we put up with it.

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  • mike_trivisonno
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 2:32pm

    It is wise to remove muslims from your workplace. They will, when the opportunity presents itself, head the call of their deity, Allah, and engage in Jihad to praise his name.

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  • The_Midas_Curse
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 1:39pm

    It’s well know in the upper echelon of the IT industry that the BIG data breaches are from internal access to the systems. I’ve personally witnessed all customer records from one of the big five cellular companies walk out the door and get on a flight to India. All payment methods, passwords, addresses, family member names, phone logs, social security numbers, everything.

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    • moreteaplease
      Posted on November 28, 2011 at 4:35pm

      @The_Midas_Curse,

      What a comforting thought. But then I shouldn’t be surprised, considering that customer support services have been moved to India. It’s only logical that my personal info goes too I guess.

      Oh but it’s a good thing. Sending American jobs and technology overseas establishes greater partnerships and trust with other countries as well as a stronger U.S. economy.

      How much longer are we Americans going swallow that bull? Those same countries hated us before and they hate us now so this whole global partnering crap is just that…CRAP!

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 1:16pm

    Glad to hear the fed is doing something of use .
    Not surprised it is happening.

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  • riseandshine
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:58pm

    I don’t accept anything coming from the government to be true anymore.They pull alot of shenanagins..

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:51pm

    They have terrorist groups in Saudi Arabia ? Who d thunk it …

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:46pm

    No suprise there; why is anyone actually shocked, other than our own govenrment apperantly, that the terror bands have hackers – and fairly good ones as well?

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