Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Hijack of 800 US school district websites caused them to redirect to Arabic message promoting Islamic state-NBC NY

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11/7/17, "Pro-ISIS Video Appears on Hacked New Jersey School Website," nbcnewyork.com

"The FBI is investigating after the company that hosts a New Jersey school district's website was hacked and the district's page was one of hundreds across the country to display a message in support of the Islamic State.


SchoolDesk, the company which maintains the site, said in a statement that technicians discovered a small file was injected into the root of one of its websites. That redirected approximately 800 school and district websites to a YouTube page containing an audible Arabic message, unknown writing and a picture of Saddam Hussein.

The company says it has added more protections.

Earlier this summer, a Long Island town's website was hacked by ISIS sympathizers. Pro-ISIS messages appeared on Brookhaven's and 75 other pages around the world."




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