Anonymous hackers say they will avenge Charlie Hebdo attack
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In this edition: Anonymous vows to target terrorists on social media; French web users encouraged to "draw a Charlie"; and a base-jumping enthusiast shares his latest feat.
ANONYMOUS HACKERS SAY THEY WILL AVENGE CHARLIE HEBDO ATTACK
In this online clip, the French arm of informal hacker group Anonymous delivers a very clear message to enemies of freedom of speech, declaring war on Islamist extremists and vowing to track them down and bring down their websites and social media accounts. The video was posted online in the wake of the attack at the Paris headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on January 7th, and sees Anonymous declaring war on terrorists in France and indeed the rest of the world.
And the hacktivists have already put their words into action, posting dozens of Twitter handles they say belong to Jihadists to the Pastebin platform. Anonymous is also encouraging web users to follow suit and report any accounts they suspect may be linked to terrorist activity to the authorities.
The hacker group says it has already launched a series of cyber-attacks targeting sites affiliated to Islamist extremism …taking down ansar-alhaqq.net for example, a salafi website often accused of advocating terrorism. The platform is still currently unavailable.
Journalist Damien Bancal fears Anonymous will do more harm than good. In an article published on zataz.com, he is concerned the Anonymous campaign will incite other hackers to carry out racially or religiously motivated cyber-attacks in their name. Fears it seems were justified, as its been reported a French site selling halal products, and with no link to any terrorist group whatsoever, has already been targeted by hackers following last week’s attacks.
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ANONYMOUS HACKERS SAY THEY WILL AVENGE CHARLIE HEBDO ATTACK
In this online clip, the French arm of informal hacker group Anonymous delivers a very clear message to enemies of freedom of speech, declaring war on Islamist extremists and vowing to track them down and bring down their websites and social media accounts. The video was posted online in the wake of the attack at the Paris headquarters of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on January 7th, and sees Anonymous declaring war on terrorists in France and indeed the rest of the world.
And the hacktivists have already put their words into action, posting dozens of Twitter handles they say belong to Jihadists to the Pastebin platform. Anonymous is also encouraging web users to follow suit and report any accounts they suspect may be linked to terrorist activity to the authorities.
The hacker group says it has already launched a series of cyber-attacks targeting sites affiliated to Islamist extremism …taking down ansar-alhaqq.net for example, a salafi website often accused of advocating terrorism. The platform is still currently unavailable.
Journalist Damien Bancal fears Anonymous will do more harm than good. In an article published on zataz.com, he is concerned the Anonymous campaign will incite other hackers to carry out racially or religiously motivated cyber-attacks in their name. Fears it seems were justified, as its been reported a French site selling halal products, and with no link to any terrorist group whatsoever, has already been targeted by hackers following last week’s attacks.
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