Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Saudi hackers against Israel

I have always said that the Saudi public is probably one of the most anti-Israeli in the region (Westerners tend to be fooled by the lousy pronouncements of the columnists of Saudi princes and assume that they are  representative of the Saudi public just as they wanted to believe that Jamal Mubarak represents all Egyptians).  "Hackers claiming to be Saudis posted credit card information of thousands of Israelis on the Internet, credit card companies said Tuesday, in what appeared to be a politically motivated attack. An expert played down its scope.  The Israeli Ynet news website said the hackers called the cyber attack a “gift to the world for the New Year” that they hoped “would hurt the Zionist pocket.”  They claimed to have compromised 400,000 credit-card holders, but Israel’s central bank said only about 15,000 active cards were affected." (thanks Nabeel)