Hackers Claiming to Be ISIS Hit Several US
Websites
By M. Alex Johnson
A Montana credit union's website and
the home pages of several other U.S. entities were taken over by hackers
claiming to be affiliated with ISIS over the weekend, but authorities doubt
there's any link.
Customers who
went to Southwest Montana Community Federal Credit Union's site Saturday were
greeted by a picture of the black ISIS flag and the words "hacked by ISIS,
we are everywhere," with a Facebook address that doesn't exist. The site
was taken down and remained down Sunday night, with the message "Under
Construction."
The credit
union's chief executive, Tom Dedman, told NBC station KTVM of Butte that the site was
offline so a security specialist could investigate.
Silver Bow
County Sheriff Ed Lester told KTVM that no account information was compromised.
He said his office had contacted the FBI, but he was highly doubtful that the
hack anything to do with the Islamist extremist group.
"I don't
think ISIS agents would be interested in a hack like this," Lester said.
"I think this is more likely a domestic hacker rather than international
cyberterrorism."
Similar hacks
were reported at:
- Two companies in St. Louis: MERS Goodwill and the digital agency Elasticity. MERS Goodwill Executive Vice President Mark Arens told NBC station KSDK: "I had a lot of disbelief. Kind of turned to my wife to say we've been attacked by ISIS. She had a number of questions."
- The historic Montauk Manor, a condominium complex on New York's Long Island. "It's been a fun day," Kathy Surrey, the complex's night manager, told the newspaper Newsday. "I don't mind the advertising, but this isn't good advertising."
The home page of Southwest Montana
Community Federal Credit Union was replaced with the ISIS standard. Authorities
say no account information was compromised.
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