ALNEDA

'Alneda' (Arabic: النداء) (meaning "the call" in Arabic) is a former al-Qaeda-run website, which was located at: alneda.com. It was shut down in 2002. How Al-Qaida Site Was Hijacked, ''Wired (magazine)'', August 10 2002
It was being hosted in Malaysia by the internet service provider Malaysia Technology Development Corporation, and first appeared shortly after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. How Al-Qaida Site Was Hijacked, ''Wired (magazine)'', August 10 2002
It had encrypted information to direct members to more secure websites, featured news on Al Qaida, published Fatwas and books, and had media, including videos of Osama bin Laden.
Many attempts were made to shut down in 2002 (mostly through DoS attacks), until one American porn-site owner named Jon Messner finally took control of the website. Pornographer says he hacked al Qaeda: 'I wanted to do something ... I know the Internet', ''CNN'', August 8 2002 How Al-Qaida Site Was Hijacked, ''Wired (magazine)'', August 10 2002
Messner used the Arabic translation service at ajeeb.com to read messages left on the site. For five days, people thought that it was still the real Al Qaida site. After a post on an Islamic message board at 4:30 a.m. on July 20 warned people not to go, the site was taken down. After this message Messner posted an image of the Great Seal of the United States with the words, "Hacked, Tracked, and Now Owned by the USA". It is now a link to ItsHappening.com, a website about current events.
The site briefly re-appeared on 'www.news4arab.org', but it was taken down again. How Al-Qaida Site Was Hijacked, ''Wired (magazine)'', August 10 2002
The website since had many other sightings (many times on HostingAnime's servers) as Al-Qaida kept trying to put it up. The site had also been inserted inside of other websites several times, probably with the help of internet utilities and/or insider knowledge.

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★ http://www.alneda.com (Defunct URL)

★ ★ class=wikiexternal target=_blank>/http://alneda.com Archive.org's record of Alneda.com

★ Alneda.com registration information

★ Wired.com article about the persistence of the Alneda operators trying to keep the site alive

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