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Florida ISP Said to Host Terrorist Software

Andy Patrizio writes on internetnews.com:

A few days ago, Paul Henry, vice president of technology evangelism at Secure Computing began tracking a software package called Mujahideen Secrets 2, an update to an encryption tool used by al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups to communicate on the Internet.

Henry tracked it down to a password-protected Web site that belongs to an Islamic forum known as al-Ekhlaas. al-Ekhlaas's domain, Ek-ls.org, traces back to a hosting company, Noc4Hosts, which in turn is run by Hi Velocity, a hosting provider based in Tampa, Florida.

Henry, who lives in Tampa, was upset when he found out.

"I'm appalled that someone is willing to risk these types of actions just to make a few dollars," he told InternetNews.com.

posted by Fergie @ 1/24/2008 10:38:00 AM