Terror group al-Qaida has been left without a trusted operational channel on the Internet for distributing its media and propaganda. Terror expert Evan Kohlmann of Flashpoint Partners says it involved apparently separate attacks on both the domain name and data server used by Al-Shamukh. Other jihadi forums left online still allow “the rabble” to communicate with others, but none of them are fully trusted by al Qaeda, he says. Anonymous hackers may have brought down the network, including government-sponsored hackers, he adds.”]
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