REPORT: Anonymous Hacks Top Nuclear Watchdog Again To Force Investigation Of Israel
Source: Business Insider
REPORT: Anonymous Hacks Top Nuclear Watchdog Again To Force Investigation Of Israel
Michael Kelley | Dec. 3, 2012, 10:55 AM
Anonymous Hacks Top Nuclear Watchdog Again To Force Investigation Of Israel
It appears the hacking collective Anonymous has compromised the internal computer systems of the world's top nuclear watchdog for the second time in two weeks, Adam Kredo of The Washington Free Beacon reports.
The hackers claim to have seized “highly sensitive” nuclear data and satellite imagery from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and threaten to publish the confidential information if the IAEA does not investigate Israel's unofficially acknowledged nuclear program.
The group, called Parastoo (Farsi for bird), declared that it obtained documents from the IAEA's internal “nuclear data section”—including " Confidential ‘SafeGuard’ Documents, Satellite Images, Official letters, [and] Presentations”—and published a couple of satellite images, screenshots of the IAEA's internal system, an internal IAEA letter as well as the names and emails of IAEA judges and IAEA auditors.
"IAEA cannot just keep us away by turning off their Servers (either old or new ones!)," the group said in a statement, which also lists parts of the IAEA system it says is under its control. "There are plenty more of where this information came from but we guarantee that these information will stay in a very safe place with us. This information only released to open eyes of IAEA and independent media to real threat of world peace, Israel."
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Anonymous Statement
#Parastoo #OpIsrael #IAEA #NoMoreNukes
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We are demanding IAEA to start an INVESTIGATION into activities at Israel's secret nuclear facilities.
In response to IAEA's last official statement, we're now publishing additional information to prove our ability to gain access to highly sensitive information, Including Confidential 'SafeGuard' Documents, Satellite Images, Official letters, Presentations and etc. We hope positive IAEA's decision as an independent international organization doesn't allow this to happen again.
IAEA cannot just keep us away by turning off their Servers (either old or new ones!). There are plenty more of where this information came from but we guarantee that these information will stay in a very safe place with us.
This information only released to open eyes of IAEA and independent media to real threat of world peace, Israel. Our intentions are not to sabotage or misuse such data for any purposes what so ever.
Information listed below was extracted from one of IAEA's new servers that we have access to (“Nuclear Data Section, NDS“):
1 – IAEA's Vulnerability to prove our goodwill
Read the rest here: http://pastebin.com/s96K4D6j
"We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Your next move, what is it going to be?"
Last week IAEA chief Yukiya Amano recognized the first hack:
VIENNA | Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:30am EST
(Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said on Thursday a hacking incident involving one of its servers was "deeply regrettable" but suggested that no sensitive information related to Iran's atomic activities had been stolen.
Yukiya Amano said the hacking - first reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday - had happened several months ago and that the server concerned had been closed down.
The hackers - a group using an Iranian-sounding name - on Sunday posted scores of email addresses of experts who have been working with the U.N. agency on a website, and urged the IAEA to investigate Israel's nuclear activity.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/29/net-us-nuclear-iaea-hacking-idUSBRE8AQ0ZY20121129
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I have a brain and I give a shit about this. I've been worried for some time that Israel would drag the world into a nuclear war, by nuking Iran. I think Cheney-Rumsfeld were about to do just that when Rumsfeld was ousted (very probably over that issue--Bush Sr. ("Iraq Study Group," aka "Iran Study Group"
and most of the military brass opposed nuking Iran). Now with those psychos out, Israel has even more motive to force the U.S. hand by starting the nuking themselves. Look how out-of-control the Likud is, announcing thousands of new settlements in disputed territory to foil a two-state peace agreement! I don't trust them at all. They are hotheads and warmongers and war profiteers.
Israel is much more likely to "push the button" than anyone else with nukes primarily because they know (or believe) that the U.S. would be forced to back them up. Iran's government knows that it would be suicide to use nukes, if they have nukes (or ever get them). They would be blown off the face of the earth. I don't think they are suicidal but I'm beginning to think that Israel's rightwing leaders are. On an instability index (who would use nukes to get their way?), I would put Israel above Pakistan and even No. Korea, due mainly to the U.S. alliance (assured defense against retaliation) combined with the extremes of Israel's Likud. No. Korea is not very stable and I'm not sure if they are suicidal. But they wouldn't have U.S. backing. Same with Pakistan--currently more or less stable but could be seized by suicidal jihadists, but once again, no U.S. backing. They would have to be plain crazy to do it. And they also have India as a deterrent. Pakistan launches nukes (at anyone) and they are likely to be wiped out by India.
And whether you agree with this analysis or not (obviously you don't, but others might), there is EVERY REASON to try to bring Israel into international agreements about the use, safety and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Why should Israel be exempt? I would like to see the Middle East in particular become a non-nuclear zone--because it is so unstable (not the least because of the Bush Junta war on Iraq and the on-going U.S. war on Afghanistan)--but that is never going to happen if Israel is exempt. Iran will remain fearful of being attacked and will pursue nuclear weapons as a deterrent. Pakistan will never give up its nukes as long as Israel and India have them. India will never give up its nukes as long as Pakistan has them. And yet more countries will seek nuke weapons to make them "equals" in this horribly deadly game.
Israel, really, is the key to nuclear non-proliferation and to the even better goal of total nuclear disarmament, worldwide.
It is a very difficult issue, to be sure--particularly for Israel, because it is such a tiny country, carved out of a mostly Arab region and surrounded by countries with varying degrees of hostility. Israel could have reduced the hostility long ago, and to a great degree, if it had treated the Palestinians better, but they chose not to do that--a very, very unfortunate series of decisions. So they are stuck in a hostile region and no doubt believe that their nukes are essential to their survival as a country. But why should they be exempt from inspection while Iran is not exempt? They should set the example. They should welcome inspections and seek compliance. That would be a great step toward peace and security--joining the rest of the world in a nuclear weapons control agreement. They wouldn't have to give up their nuke weapons, just agree to civilized control--to a reasonable international order with regard to these weapons.
And why they don't do this is yet another reason for my fear of Israel's nukes--that the rightwing Israeli leaders don't regard them as merely a deterrent but as offensive weapons that they would seriously contemplate using in a first strike to accomplish a political or territorial purpose, and they believe that the U.S. would back them up and join their war.
I can think of other reasons why Israel would not want to join the international community on a nukes agreement--for instance, the insecurity of information that they might give the UN inspectors (the very subject of this OP). As I said, it is a very difficult matter--on many fronts. But Israel's unwillingness, thus far, to even discuss it, sets them apart as a scofflaw country. I find this very worrisome and I have thought quite a lot about it, with my brain and also with my heart.
