Alwaght- Thousands of the ISIS terrorist group Twitter social media accounts have been hacked and brought down by Hacktivist group Anonymous.
Tweeting from its #OpParis account, Anonymous stated: “We report that more than 5500 Twitter account (sic) of #ISIS are now #down! #OpParis #Anonymous #ExpectUS.”
Earlier Anonymous, engaged in electronic warfare against ISIS, had declared ‘total war’ on the terror group following the deadly attacks in France, while pledging to hunt down every single supporter of the terrorist group online.
The combat mission to root out terrorism propaganda and recruitment networks from the internet was announced via a YouTube video, where a spokesman wearing the group’s symbol – the iconic Guy Fawkes mask – promised to “launch the biggest operation ever” against ISIS.
“Our capability to take down ISIS is a direct result of our collective's sophisticated hackers, data miners, and spies that we have all around the world. We have people very very close to ISIS on the ground, which makes gathering intelligence about ISIS and related activities very easy for us,” Alex Poucher, a spokesman for Anonymous, was quoted as saying by RT.
Anonymous declared a partial victory in #OpISIS back in February, after seizing control of almost 100 Twitter accounts associated with the group. Since then, they have made use of a varied set of tools to hinder ISIS online. Social media accounts have been seized, by guessing passwords or abusing reset emails, and when that isn’t possible, they have been flagged to either Twitter or Facebook to be shut down.