SHUT IT DOWN - IDF Extortion Website
This is a public pressure campaign to notify tech companies they are being exploited by the IDF and encourage them to deplatform the Israeli military's illegal extortion website: alkasheffgaza.net.
- We got Webflow to deplatform the extortion site
- We got Namecheap Hosting to deplatform the extortion site
- We got GoDaddy / Host Europe GmbH to deplatform the extortion site
- We got Airtable to deplatform the extortion site
Call to Action
The IDF extortion website is effectively deplatformed, as it has no database. There is no call to action at the moment.
Table of Contents
- Clearly an Illegal Extortion Website
- All Calls to Action
- About the IDF Extortion Website
- In the News
- Timeline
- Phone Numbers
- Social Media
Clearly an Illegal Extortion Website
The site promises to release thousands of reports of sensitive personal information, unless victims cooperate (Google Translate, June 3).
The extortion is not hidden: 'To save yourself, call the number below' (Google Translate, 3 June).
The threats are not idle. The site already contains almost 200 personal records of victims, including government ID number, name, and photograph (we redacted private information, screen capture June 3).
All Calls to Action
- Archived ShadyIDF.com Calls to Action
- Get Airtable to stop hosting the extortion database Update: Airtable cancelled hosting!
- Get GoDaddy / Host Europe GmbH Hosting to drop the IDF extortion website Update: GoDaddy / Host Europe GmbH cancelled hosting!
- Get Namecheap to drop the IDF extortion domain name Update: Namecheap cancelled DNS hosting!
- Get Namecheap Hosting to drop the IDF extortion website Update: Namecheap cancelled hosting!
- Get Webflow to drop the extortion website Update: Webflow cancelled hosting!
About the IDF Extortion Website
On May 17, the Israeli military dropped leaflets in Deir Balah, Gaza, for the purpose of extorting Gaza residents, including children and toddlers. The leaflets threaten to reveal Gazans' personal information, criminal records, extramarital affairs, LGBTQ identities, etc.
The IDF leaflets, designed to look like a newspaper, use the name ‘The Exposer’. The IDF also developed a matching extortion website, complete with a snitch box, separate snitch Telegram and Twitter accounts, and a countdown timer.
Israel's Extortion Website in the News
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ZIONISM OBSERVER VS IDF: THE BATTLE TO SHUT DOWN ISRAEL’S TOXIC WEBSITE EXTORTING GAZA’S CIVILIANS
2 August, Mint Press News -
Here’s how a collective of tech professionals shut down the Israeli army’s extortion website — twice
19 July, Mondoweiss -
Israeli Army's Extortion Campaign Against Gazans: 'Contact Us or We'll Say You Reported Your Neighbors to Hamas'
22 May, Haaretz -
Israel’s extortion leaflets and Namecheap: How to do corporate accountability during a genocide
20 May, Mondoweiss
Timeline of Israel's Extortion Website and our Campaign to Shut It Down
- 7 April: Domain registration, registered with Namecheap
- 10 April: Extortion targets imported, into an Airtable app
- 16 May: IDF launches extortion website, hosted on Webflow
- 17 May: IDF drops leaflets drop over Deir Balah, launches companion extortion website
- 20 May: Namecheap campaign starts
- 20 May: Namecheap acknowledges they "definitely understand the urgency of the matter and its importance"
- 21 May: Webflow campaign starts
- 22 May: Make campaign starts
- 22 May: Webflow campaign succeeds, IDF extortion website deplatformed
- 23 May: DNS switched to Namecheap hosting
- 25 May: The site is rebuilt and geo-fenced (no longer accessible in US), albeit rebuild is degraded compared to original with no timer and search not functional
- 25 May: Twitter locks IDF extortion account
- 29 May: Namecheap campaign (partially) succeeds, IDF extortion website deplatformed again
- 29 May: DNS switched to Host Europe GmbH hosting, a company owned by GoDaddy
- 30 May: The site is rebuilt and no longer geo-fenced, albeit rebuild is degraded compared to original with no timer and search not functional
- 3 June: GoDaddy / Host Europe GmbH campaign starts
- 10 July: Namecheap campaign (fully) succeeds, DNS switched to GoDaddy
- 14 August: Airtable campaign starts
- 16 August: Airtable campaign succeeds, IDF extortion website is without a database: search and profiles are not available
Phone Numbers for the IDF Extortion Website
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+972 50 468 3663
Telegram, cigarette leaflet, fake money leaflet - +972 55 683 3733
- +972 55 683 7798
- +972 52 915 6110
Social Media Accounts for the IDF Extortion Website
Telegram Accounts for IDF Extortion
@AlkasheffGaza
- Registered: 2 April, 2024
- Display Name: Alkasheff GAZA
@newgaza24
- Display Name: NEWGAZA24
- ID: 6431041291
@alkasheffgazabot
- Display Name: alkasheff_gaza
Twitter Accounts for IDF Extortion
@NewGaza24
- Registered: Sat Feb 03 20:40:57 +0000 2024
- Display Name: New Gaza
- ID: 1753881060100788224
@alkasheffgaza
- Registered: Thu Apr 11 15:09:06 +0000 2024
- Display Name: الكاشف
- ID: 1778439963245256704
- Notes: Locked by Twitter on 25 May for "exposing private info"
@alkasheff_gaza
- Registered: Fri May 17 16:02:55 +0000 2024
- Display Name: الكشاف
- ID: 1791499620134072320
IDF Leaflets and the Extortion Website
Israel claims it drops leaflets as a humanitarian effort to evacuate the civilian population in Gaza. But in reality, the IDF leaflets are used to threaten or extort the Palestinians of Gaza.
Legal Disclaimer
Everything here is described to the best of our knowledge. When we use the word "deplatformed" we are referring to the extortion website leaving a hosting company after we raised awareness, by reporting the site to the hosting company. We want to be clear that neither Namecheap nor Webflow put out a public statement. It is our belief, based on the DNS changes and chronology, that both companies cancelled/deplatformed the extortion website.