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              | Date: 2001-09-29 
 
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 Zehn Millionen Thaler Kopfgeld für den noch schröcklichern Bin
 Laden hat Kim Schmitz Dero höchstselbst schröcklicher
 Super=Hacker ausgesetzt.
 
 Flugs ward ein Sudanesisch Bankhaus als Hausbank des
 schröcklichen Bin Ladens erkannt, gehackt, gecrackt & die
 erbeuteten Desinformationen kamen dem Föderalen Bureau für
 Investigationen im fernen Amerika zugut.
 
 Zu Hülf ihr Leut, der schröckliche Kim Schmitz hat wieder
 zugeschlagen - hülf Hümmel, Küm & Schmütz!
 
 http://www.kimble.org/f1monaco2001/
 
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 By Ned Stafford, Newsbytes MUNICH, GERMANY, 27 Sep 2001,
 2:46 PM CST
 
 A group of U.K.-based hackers has cracked computers at the
 AlShamal Islamic Bank in Sudan and collected data on the
 accounts of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization and its leader
 Osama bin Laden, Kim Schmitz, a flamboyant German
 hacker/businessman, has claimed. Schmitz, who has offered a $10
 million reward for the capture of bin Laden, told Newsbytes that the
 information has been turned over to the FBI.
 
 [...]
 
 Schmitz, 27, a former teen hacking prodigy who spent time behind
 bars before starting a successful data security business, has been
 accused of being press hungry. He says his recent strong anti-
 terrorism pronouncements are not a PR prank, but stem from his
 strong desire to wipe out terrorism. He says he has received death
 threats from the Middle East.
 
 The bank Schmitz claimed was hacked was mentioned
 Wednesday by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. during a Senate Banking
 Committee hearing. According to CNN, Levin referred to a 1996
 State Department report that said bin Laden had provided the
 AlShamal Islamic Bank with $50 million in start-up capital.
 
 Schmitz told Newsbytes that he could not provide details about
 what hackers found in AlShamal Islamic Bank's computers or
 about the hackers themselves.
 
 Nonetheless, he provided Newsbytes with the following outline of
 what he says happened.
 
 Last week, Schmitz, who lives in Munich, posted letters on his
 Web site rallying politicians to the cause of fighting terrorism and
 offering his hacking expertise.
 
 "I received plenty of e-mails from hackers around the world offering
 their services," he said.
 
 Schmitz founded a group that numbers around 23 hackers called
 "Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terror." He calls the group
 YIHAT, which is similar to the word Jihad, which is Arabic for Holy
 War.
 
 Schmitz said that last Friday, a Sudanese banker sent the group
 an e-mail after reading about the $10 million reward, informing the
 group that Al Qaeda and bin Laden have accounts at AlShamal
 Islamic Bank.
 
 A team of U.K.-based hackers sprang into action, and hacked the
 nameserver of AlShamal Islamic Bank, he said. They were able to
 gain access to the bank's intranet by exploiting a "checkpoint
 firewall 1 vulnerability," he explained.
 
 After bypassing the firewall, the hackers achieved "superuser"
 status on the server, and "sniffed" eight valid user IDs, and then
 were able to collect information on accounts of Al Qaeda and bin
 Laden.
 
 "This information was sent to the authorities in the USA," Schmitz said.
 
 Schmitz sent the following e-mail to the Webmaster at the AlShamal Islamic Bank:
 
 "dear webmaster of sudans shamalbank,
 
 "your bank has been hacked. information regarding Al Qaeda's and bin Ladens accounts have been captured. all information reached the US authorities. thanks for using products from checkpoint (firewall1).
 
 "have a nice day, Kim "Kimble" Schmitz, Founder of "Young Intelligent Hackers Against Terror" YIHAT"
 
 When asked which authorities received the information from the hackers, Schmitz said: "FBI."
 [...]
 
 "I am the spokesperson of the group," he said. "They don't want to be involved with the press. What they do is illegal, unless we find a government that legalizes our activities."
 
 And somewhat mysteriously, he added: "If I would deliver details about the hacks, I could get arrested. I am not hacking myself, because that is illegal. I must keep myself out of the details to make sure that I am still
 able to offer them the communication platform they need to fight as united hackers of the world against terror."
 
 Mehr davon
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170588.html
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 published on: 2001-09-29
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