Anonymous claims it has eliminated 5,500 ISIS Twitter accounts

The Hill ^ | November 17, 2015 | By Cory Bennet

[Brad from Tennessee]

The hacking group Anonymous said Tuesday it has taken down 5,500 Twitter accounts tied to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The loosely affiliated collective recently declared cyber war on ISIS in the wake of Friday’s terror attacks on Paris that claimed more than 120 lives.

On Tuesday morning, “OpParis,” the team orchestrating the digital assault on ISIS, tweeted, “We report that more than 5500 Twitter account of #ISIS are now #down! #OpParis #Anonymous #ExpectUs.”

Several hours later, OpParis tweeted a link to other ISIS targets, declaring “#ISIS tries to stop us, but we’re smarter.”

The link to a post on the text-sharing site Pastebin contained the Web addresses of alleged ISIS-affiliated websites, dark Web pages, Twitter accounts, Tumblr accounts, Facebook pages and Web servers.

While Anonymous lacks any hierarchy, the group has frequently turned its hacking skills on terrorist groups.

In the wake of the ISIS attacks on the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January, Anonymous declared a similar campaign to expunge the online tools ISIS was using to recruit members, disseminate propaganda and plan attacks.

The hackers ended up posting hundreds of social media accounts and websites that it claimed were affiliated with the jihadist group. It also launched a series of denial-of-service attacks on ISIS sites, flooding the pages with phony traffic to disable them. . .

[mkjessup]

Well in this instance, I say “GO ANONYMOUS GO!”

[CommieCutter]

It’s really pathetic hackers had to do this and not the Twits at Twitter.

[lee martell]

Maybe they have, maybe they haven’t. If true, their vanity will force them to go public , and unmasked with these claims, before some other organization takes credit.
They may pick a seemingly neutral party to read their talking points on Bill O’Reilly’s show.

[MeshugeMikey]

we have taken the war to twitter....

anon.

[McGruff]

That’s a start. Let’s see what the can really do to help the cause.

[BwanaNdege]

It appears that while Western governments are wringing their hands over “offending” anyone, the only folks stepping up are the vigilantes, even if they are only cyber vigilantes.

Admittedly, fully weaponized vigilantes are a far more difficult logistic problem....and more dangerous.

[Cboldt]

How many of the 5500 were honey pots set by various government agents?

[soycd]

Would be better if the accounts were traced and a Hellfire delivered to its location.

[lacrew]

Who owns and runs Twitter? They should have done this long ago.

[posterchild]

Twitter doesn’t back up their data?

[The Toll]

We can’t shoot missiles into Munich.

[FourPeas]

Twitter accounts could be a fruitful source of intel.

[j.argese]

Well, unless, of course, you’re some poor bastard with a video about islam or sometihng like that in the time frame of a failure of State.

[FourPeas]

Exactly

[terycarl]

Let's see now.....a group of individuals hacking accounts can do it.......but the federal government nor the computer industry can't?????????????

That concerns me.

[CommieCutter]

Good point.

[Enlightened1]

Funny how Twitter and Facebook will censor individuals for what is considered politically incorrect and incentive remarks, videos, etc.....

At the very same time for some strange reason they cannot censor ISIS??? Wow ISIS must be more computer savvy of Twitter and Facebook than the actual companies!

Anonymous is doing the job that Twitter should have done a long time ago.

[Eddie01]

Hack playstations next.

[DoughtyOne]

Now that terrorism has taken place again, Anonymous tells us what a great job it is doing.

Then why did the terrorism take place?

Hey Anonymous, how about focusing on our real enemies before they harm Western nations.

After the events in Paris on 11/13, I will be adding
this to my posts for the next week. I'm certain our
turn is coming again soon. We stand united against
Islamic extremists.

Some music for reflection if the mood strikes you.
Courtesy of: Kartographer
beautiful [02:23]

An honorable mention also goes out to Lassana Bathily , a Muslim immigrant from Mali.
Mr. Bathily sheltered customers at the Jewish Deli and helped police by providing info
on the terrorists, and providing the location of survivors in the deli.
Courtesy of: Tijera_Slim