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US successfully hacks Al Qaeda in Yemen

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A US cyber attack striking Al qaeda's affiliate in Yemen.

The State Department hacking the group's website which tried to recruit new supporters.

Specialist at the department bought space on the site and replaced anti American acts.

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Plastered the same sites with altered versions of the ads that showed that told al-Qaeda attacks have taken on that Yemeni people.

Secretary Clinton says the hacking is making -- We monitor the X.

This kind of ideological.

Battle is slowly.

And incremental.

But I think it's critical to our efforts.

Because what sustains al-Qaeda.

And it's terrorist affiliates.

Is this steady flow of new recruits.

This cyber attack was launched by a group called the center for strategic counterterrorism communications.

Experts who patrol the Internet to counter Al qaeda's attempts to recruit new followers.

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