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Indonesian cyberprotesters target Australia
From Atika Shubert
JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- In Jakarta last week students gathered to demonstrate raids targeting the homes of Indonesians living in Australia. Chants, banners, burning the Australian flag -- all normal fare for a demonstration -- but now, political protest is taking a different form. In cyberspace hundreds of Australian websites have been hacked, vandalized and defaced. One of the targets was www.bigcountry.com.au. Visitors to the website were greeted with the message: "Who is the Terrorist? We or You?" The culprits? Hackers, often young college students looking to make a name for themselves online, latch on to political protests to gain fame and notoriety. And this time they are focusing on the Australian terror raids. "In my opinion they're doing it just for fun," says computer security analyst Budi Rahardjo. Is there a political reason? "Yes," he says, "probably a little. But mostly for fun -- just for gaining popularity "I guess they do feel that they are heroes. But most people don't believe that. In my opinion, cracking websites, that's not heroic at all." AnonymousIn addition to Web site vandalism, credit card fraud is rampant. Most of it occurs in cyber cafes -- where users pay per minute, log on with a computer nickname, hack and leave without revealing their identity. Small businesses with outmoded computer protection bear the brunt of a so-called cyber attacks. Most are simply a nuisance and easily fixed, but commercial websites incapacitated by an attack, do lose money. Now, Indonesia's hackers are threatening to step up the cyberwar by tampering with routing systems that could shut down commercial sites for days. Computer security experts say in a cyberwar your best offense is a good defense. System upgrades, security patches and firewalls can help protect Web sites from potential attack.
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