It seems that the hacktivist group Anonymous has made good on its threat to declare war on ISIS as news has come out that thousands of ISIS Twitter accounts have been taken down:
Besides scanning for ISIS Twitter accounts themselves, the hacking group has also opened access to the site to those interested. Anyone who comes across ISIS social media accounts can easily search the database and report any new terrorists and supporters.
The website is called #opIceISIS and will index ISIS members based on their real name, location, picture, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts.
Before the Paris attacks, Anonymous waged war on ISIS members after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, earlier this year, during operation #OpISIS. That time, the group managed to take down tens of thousands of accounts.
With over 3,800 just on the first day, the group seems more determined this time around to finally put an end to the terrorist group.
Well, this seems very effective thus far. But I do have one question…. Actually, two of them. Why hasn’t Twitter already disabled these accounts? Why haven’t intelligence agencies done anything about the people behind these accounts? Clearly they’re easy to find. Maybe Anonymous needs to work for these guys?
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Anonymous Takes Down Thousands of ISIS-Related Twitter Accounts In a Day
It seems that the hacktivist group Anonymous has made good on its threat to declare war on ISIS as news has come out that thousands of ISIS Twitter accounts have been taken down:
Besides scanning for ISIS Twitter accounts themselves, the hacking group has also opened access to the site to those interested. Anyone who comes across ISIS social media accounts can easily search the database and report any new terrorists and supporters.
The website is called #opIceISIS and will index ISIS members based on their real name, location, picture, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts.
Before the Paris attacks, Anonymous waged war on ISIS members after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, earlier this year, during operation #OpISIS. That time, the group managed to take down tens of thousands of accounts.
With over 3,800 just on the first day, the group seems more determined this time around to finally put an end to the terrorist group.
Well, this seems very effective thus far. But I do have one question…. Actually, two of them. Why hasn’t Twitter already disabled these accounts? Why haven’t intelligence agencies done anything about the people behind these accounts? Clearly they’re easy to find. Maybe Anonymous needs to work for these guys?
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