A division of the hacker group Anonymous says it has
hit two of ISIS’ most important web platforms. The
attacks come during a week in which it has gloated
online about the wave of deadly attacks carried out in
its name, including one day of attacks in Tunisia,
Kuwait and possibly France and the most recent
attack in Egypt.
Both of the cyber attacks occurred Wednesday,
perpetrated by the Anonymous-affiliated group
“GhostSec” which has declared war on ISIS and its
growing social media presence. The platforms attacked
by the hackers are mnbr.info , a prominent ISIS forum
used by the group’s supporters to communicate among
themselves, and nshr.me , a cloud service used by ISIS
followers to disseminate propaganda on social media
channels. The forum mnbr.info was hit with a DDOS
attack (Distributed Denial of Service), a brute force
attack usually used to make a server or a network
resource unavailable to users. It was back up shortly
after the attack, however nshr.me
remained down over 13 hours after the attack
occurred.
“Our mission is to eliminate the online presence of
Islamic extremist groups such as Islamic State (IS),
Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra, Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab in
an effort to stymie their recruitment and limit their
ability to organize international terrorist efforts,” the
group has stated on its website.
This is the latest strike in the ongoing war between
Anonymous, its affiliates, and ISIS. Previous attacks
include an Anonymous takedown of prominent jihadi
forums used by ISIS members in February this year
and its creation of a hit list of “most prominent
enemy”
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