UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Office of Intelligence and Analysis Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Homeland Security Assessment U FOUO Unsubstantiated Threat of Al-Qa‘ida “Electronic Jihad” on 11 November 2007 9 November 2007 U FOUO Prepared by DHS Critical Infrastructure Threat Analysis Division and the FBI Threat Analysis Unit Coordinated with DHS Office of Cyber Security and Communications U “Day of Electronic Jihad” U FOUO According to Debkafile an Israeli electronic news website a group claiming to be al-Qa‘ida has declared 11 November 2007 as the first day of a campaign of “electronic jihad” on the Internet According to Debkafile unspecified “al-Qa‘ida electronic experts” allegedly would begin attacking “Western Jewish Israeli Muslim apostate and Shiite Web sites on that date with many more jihadist hackers joining in the attacks later sic ” DHS and the FBI have no specific or credible information corroborating these cyber attack claims or intelligence indicating this group is tied to al-Qa‘ida U Implications for the Homeland U FOUO DHS and the FBI have no credible information regarding a specific imminent cyber threat to the Homeland but this report underscores the continuing desire of terrorists to attack the United States DHS and the FBI assess this report is likely part of the ongoing propaganda campaign being waged by al-Qa‘ida-inspired extremists against the United States and the West However all managers of computer systems networks must remain vigilant and all organizations should have best practice policies in place and be prepared to address any threats which materialize U FOUO DHS and the FBI will continue to monitor and report any indications of near-term jihadist cyber attacks U Warning This document is UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY U FOUO It contains information that may be exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act 5 U S C 552 It is to be controlled stored handled transmitted distributed and disposed of in accordance with DHS policy relating to FOUO information and is not to be released to the public the media or other personnel who do not have a valid need-to-know without prior approval of an authorized DHS official State and local Homeland security officials may share this document with authorized security personnel without further approval from DHS UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY U Reporting Notice U DHS encourages recipients of this document to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to DHS and or the FBI The DHS National Operation Center NOC can be reached by telephone at 202-282-9685 or by e-mail at NOC Fusion@dhs gov For information affecting the private sector and critical infrastructure contact the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center NICC a sub-element of the NOC The NICC can be reached by telephone at 202-282-9201 or by e-mail at NICC@dhs gov The FBI regional phone numbers can be found online at http www fbi gov contact fo fo htm When available each report submitted should include the date time location type of activity number of people and type of equipment used for the activity the name of the submitting company or organization and a designated point of contact U Incidents involving cyber related activity or breaches including loss of Personally Identifiable Information should be reported to US-CERT at https forms us-cert gov report or emailed to soc@us-cert gov For additional information on cyber related topics or to sign up to receive cyber alerts from the US-CERT National Cyber Alert System visit http www us-cert gov U For comments or questions related to the content or dissemination of this document please contact the DHS I A Production Management staff at IA PM@hq dhs gov U Tracked by HSEC-020300-01-05 HSEC-030000-01-05 TERR-040100-01-05 TERR-070100-01-05 UNCLASSIFIED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 2