The war against ISIS has spread to the Internet — where hackers have led an online onslaught against supporters of the Islamic State.
Infamous hacking group Anonymous announced Monday that they had “exposed or destroyed” nearly 800 Twitter accounts, 12 Facebook pages and over 50 email addresses that were all suspected to be involved with the terrorist organization.
“Operation ISIS Continues,” the hackers wrote Monday, listing the social profiles on the public sharing website Pastebin.
“You will be treated like a virus, and we are the cure,” they continued. “We Own The Internet. We are Anonymous, We are Legion, We do not forgive, We do not forget, Expect us.”
The group had declared war against ISIS at the start of January after the heinous attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were murdered.
In their Pastebin post, Anonymous also singled out a few of the social accounts they had brought down, including at least one alleged hacker for ISIS, a “girl from London” and a “disgusting mother****er.”
Meanwhile on Tuesday, Newsweek magazine’s Twitter account was hacked as unidentified cyber terrorists displayed pro-ISIS messages on their public page.
The media outlet’s profile photo was replaced with an image of a masked figure and were accompanied by the phrases “CyberCaliphate” and “Je suISIS,” according to NBC News.
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The attack was reminiscent of a similar assault on the US military’s CENTCOM social media accounts back in January.
“We can confirm that Newsweek’s Twitter account was hacked this morning, and have since regained control of the account,” Newsweek said in a statement.
“We apologize to our readers for anything offensive that might have been sent from our account during that period, and are working to strengthen our newsroom security measures going forward.”
Source @ New york Post
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