Grandpa, patriot who goes by 'The Raptor,' claims credit for taking down Al Qaeda websites
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EXCLUSIVE:
An American hacker, who calls himself “The Raptor” and claims to be a
grandfather waging his own war on terror, is taking credit for a series
of takedowns of online forums used by Al Qaeda sympathizers, FoxNews.com has learned.
Calling himself a patriot acting on behalf
of U.S. troops serving overseas, The Raptor claims to be behind last
month’s attack on Al Qaeda’s main online forum, Shamukh Islamic Network,
and a handful of other sites and forums, including Ansar al-Mujahideen,
where jihadists gather online to issue threats and exhort one another
to acts of terror. The sites went down on March 22, and most remained
dark for nearly two weeks. As the websites stayed offline, The Raptor
taunted his targets on Twitter, daring them to “bring it.”
Shamukh, the main site used to blast out Al Qaeda content, was taken out
of commission, only to return days later with a message blaming the
outage on “Enemies of Allah.”
While federal investigators decline to
endorse or denounce The Raptor’s methods on the record, the hacker
believes he’s helping the government wage its war on terror. And he has
no desire to step forward and bask in the light of heroism.
“Credit is for banks -- I don't care about
credit,” he told FoxNews.com. “I care about our kids surviving, and
innocent people living in distant lands being able to go about their
lives without fearing being blown up or being hacked into pieces. People
can attribute actions to whomever or whatever they like, I don’t care.
“When the blood stops flowing, the
historians can make of it what they wish,” he said. “I’ll just smile and
play with my grandkids.”
Here is his blog..................
http://th3raptor.wordpress.com/