Anonymous 'hacktivists' attack ISIS - strike down terrorist social media, propaganda, and recruitment sites

Hacktivist group Anonymous has taken the credit for strikes on websites and social media accounts used by ISIS terrorists to recruit new members and spread propaganda.

The militant Islamist organisation has a huge social media presence, with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

Through Operation ISIS – #OpISIS – the decentralised hacking group has been strategically targeting this online presence.

“ISIS, we will hunt you, take down your sites, accounts, emails and expose you,” says the hacktivist group in a statement.

“You will be treated like a virus, and we are the cure. We own the internet.”

In the Anonymous digital armoury are distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which hammer ISIS websites with traffic until they go offline, and repeatedly reporting social media accounts so they get suspended.

Other “weapons” used in #OpISIS include password cracking and phishing.

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