Anonymous Hackers Fight ISIS but Reactions Are Mixed

[American]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/w...-fight-isis-but-reactions-are-mixed.html?_r=0

People from various hacking collectives have tried for several months to block social media accounts that spread propaganda and attempt to recruit fighters for the Islamic State, but those campaigns gained a new energy on Twitter after the Paris attacks.

Hashtags like #OpParis and #OpISIS have allowed the public to see the inner workings of those efforts, which seem to get results. The best-known group involved, the shadowy collective Anonymous, has claimed to have helped take down as many as 20,000 Twitter accounts since the attacks.

But experts have mixed views over whether the tactics risk creating a crude online dragnet that penalizes Arab speakers and sometimes sweeps up journalists and others with no Islamic State links.

Looks like ISIS is getting its peepee slapped by a bunch of hacks. :lol:

 

[Ikari]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/w...-fight-isis-but-reactions-are-mixed.html?_r=0

Looks like ISIS is getting its peepee slapped by a bunch of hacks. :lol:

So once again, Anonymous attacks Twitter accounts with no fact checking and claim to be doing something positive.

 

[gavinfielder]

I'm generally supportive of their effort, but I was concerned hearing on the radio that them taking down the primary internet forum used by ISIS is simply driving them deeper into the dark net and making it harder for security organizations to track. It seems that if Anon is going to fight ISIS this way, they'd better be prepared to do it alone. Which isn't a great thought.