The Albuquerque Journal’s Twitter page has been taken over by CyberCaliphate, a group that supports the Islamic State. (screenshot)
A hacker group apparently feels there are a lot of “infidels” in New Mexico.
, which claims to be affiliated with the Islamic State, has again hacked the Albuquerque Journal. The newspaper’s Twitter account were taken over today the hackers, whose rhetoric supports the Islamic State. The newspaper’s website was hacked Christmas Eve by the same group, .
The hackers are currently sharing what looks to be subscriber data on , including names, addresses, phone numbers and other personal data. They claim to also have access to FBI databases, and they are sharing screenshots and mugshots taken from law enforcement databases as well.
Another newspaper, the — a small newspaper from a town about 130 miles west of Albuquerque — had their website hacked today as well. Headlines were replaced with “INFIDELS, NEW YEAR WILL MAKE YOU SUFFER” and articles praising ISIS and threatening readers.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the CyberCaliphate continues its CyberJihad. While the US and its satellites are bombing Islamic State we broke into your home networks and personal devices and know everything about you. You’ll see no mercy infidels. We are already here, we are in your PCs, in each house, in each office. With Allah’s permission we began with New-Mexico and we are in Tennessee now. We hacked FBI databases.
Despite all their skills and swagger, however, the group apparently could not defeat the almighty newspaper paywall. In order to see the article, visitors still have to answer a Google survey about readership habits.
Screenshot from the Mountain View Telegraph website shows the hackers may have gotten to the site, but the paywall still lives.
