2/21/15

White House Responds To Anonymous #OpISIS Cyber Attacks Against Terror Group

Just about two weeks ago, we broke the story on the “hacktivist” group Anonymous destroying months of recruiting work for the terrorist network known as ISIS. Anonymous took over dozens of accounts on Twitter and Facebook, which have been overtly used as recruiting tools for the group to gain more numbers.

Just days after that, the hacktivist group hit back in what we at Counter Current News termed “Round 2.”


In that second round of attacks, Anonymous took down and exposed literally thousands of accounts, only to be followed by another wave that took down thousands more ISIS social media accounts.

They explain that “Round 2” and Round 3 of #OpISIS was “just to show what your government is not doing.” They comment that it is “not that difficult” to fight back against ISIS online. So they raise the question as to why the governments who claim to oppose ISIS are not doing what Anonymous is doing?

In their latest “Round 3” video, Red Cult Anons issued an ultimatum to Twitter and the U.S. Government.
Watch the latest #OpISIS“Round 3″ video below…


Anonymous “hacktivists” have compiled the most comprehensive list of ISIS social media accounts to date, including many which were just created to replace those targeted by Anonymous just days ago. Anonymous said they did this to “help,” but essentially told Twitter that the proverbial ball is in their court now. 

They gave Twitter the room to “do their jobs” and shut these accounts down, just as Twitter had pledged to do, and claimed to be concerned with. If they were not shut down, Anonymous said that they would just have to do it themselves…
Shortly after, that’s just what they did. Check out the latest list of ISIS pages in our report: Anonymous Hacks More ISIS Accounts Than Ever, After U.S. Government and Twitter Refuse To Act.

Now, Anonymous has just informed us that the highly successful #OpISIS has been responded to by Washington DC at The White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. The summit itself, Anonymous sources explain, is the exact response that they articulated the White House should give, to show that they are interested in shutting ISIS down online.

The summit just wrapped up in Washington, with more than than 60 countries represented at the State Department on Thursday.

The focus of the summit was on fighting back against ISIS on social media, and by downing accounts used for recruiting by the pseudo-Islamic terror group.
President Obama announced that “The United States is joining, for example, with the UAE to create a new digital communications hub to work with religious and civil society and community leaders to counter terrorist propaganda.”

When asked for specifics, as to what this means, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said they would “have more details when they become available.”

Anonymous Red Cult says the U.S. government, for all of their problems, has realized the effectiveness of the hacktivist group’s approach. But make no mistake, the two aren’t teaming up. Instead, the government is trying to look proactive because Anonymous embarrassed them.
Watch the latest video below, which Anonymous is dubbing “#OpISIS Round 3.5″, then help us SPREAD THE WORD!

As in previous “videos and “Rounds” 1, 2 and 3 of #OpISIS“, this latest video explains that Anons engaged in #OpISIS are “Muslims, Christians, Jews” alike. They are “hackers, crackers, Hacktivist, phishers, agents, spies, or just the guy next door… students, administrators, workers, clerks, unemployed, rich, poor.”

The video continues to explain to their enemies that they are “young, or old, gay or straight… from all races, countries, religions, and ethnicity. United as one, divided by zero.”
The video also reemphasizes to the public that “the terrorists that are calling themselves [the] Islamic State (ISIS) are not Muslims.”

In spite of the White House response, Anonymous says that the operation will continue, as they are proving much more effective than the social media giants and the U.S. government themselves in combating the terror group online.

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