Cyber Round Up: Anonymous Declares War on ISIS, Ghost Security Group Targets ISIS Online Activities

Anonymous Declares War on ISIS (NBC News): Anonymous, the hacker group, has reportedly declared war on ISIS following the attacks on Paris, according NBC News. A video has been released, although not yet verified, where a “spokesperson” for the group warned ISIS of “massive cyber attacks”, the article continued. A tweet from the group’s official Twitter account announced that the group was at war with Daesh, another name for ISIS, reported NBC News. According to another report by the International Business Times, the group has also released 1,000 Twitter accounts associated with ISIS and its supporters. The full article can be found here. The video can be found here.
Ghost Security Group Targets ISIS Online Activities (CoinTelegraph.com): Ghost Security Group (“GSG”) has reported that it will be tracking the online activities of ISIS personnel to “collect valuable evidence for government officials, reports CoinTelegraph. GSG is a cyber vigilante group focused on combating terrorism by targeting extremist social media accounts, according to its webpage. GSG was formed shortly after the Charlie Hebdo attack, the group’s webpage explained. Members of the group work anonymously, but claim to have ex-military and cybersecurity backgrounds, the article continued. The full article can be found here.