Hacktivist group Anonymous issues threat against Daesh

Daesh is set to come under renewed attack from hackers following its atrocities in Brussels yesterday.

Hacking group Anonymous have issued a declaration that it will up its cyber attacks on the militant group in the wake of the bombings in Belgium.

The group unveiled its so-called 'Op Brussels' today in which it vowed to continue 'hacking their websites, shutting down their Twitter accounts and stealing their Bitcoins'.

In the video released online, a member of the group appears in Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta mask and vows to continue the online campaign against the Syria-based extremists

The speaker states: 'We have silenced thousands of Twitter accounts directly linked to Daesh. We severely punish Daesh on the dark net, hacked their electronic portfolio and stolen money from the [extremists].'

'We have laid siege to your propaganda websites, tested them with our cyber attacks, however we will not rest as long as terrorists continue their actions around the world.

'We will strike back against them... we will defend the rights of freedom and tolerance.'

Anonymous issued a similar treat after the Paris attack last November, vowing to hunt down those responsible online and expose them.

But the Daesh online unit, the Islamic Cyber Army, hit back, branding the group 'idiots' and declaring: 'What they gonna hack...all they can do is hacking twitter accounts, emails, etc.'

Daesh militants use a number of encrypted messaging services, email providers, and GPS blockers to communicate under the radar.
The list of apps used by the jihadists was revealed last year after a 34-page Daesh fighter handbook was obtained by independent military research group Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), and published on Scribd by Yahoo.

Source: http://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/hacktivist-group-anonymous-issue-threat-against-daesh-821088